The "Gray Lady' has fallen and she can't get up, part II

Last week I wrote that The "Gray Lady' has fallen and she can't get up.

The Downing Street Memo and other sources have left little doubt that we are mired in a quagmire in Iraq because of serial lies and deceit on the part of the Bush administration. It is also obvious that the administration had a great deal of help from the main stream media including The New York Times. Much of the Times culpability is the result of articles by the neocon's propaganda queen, Judith Miller. While the Times has issued a weak apology for it's coverage in the lead up to the war rather than fire Judith Miller they have attempted to make her a saint and martyr.

Today's New York Times editorial page contains this: Stuck in Second

As Washington shuts down for August, President Bush’s report card from the public for the first half-year of his second term is not a good one compared with how the public graded Presidents Reagan and Clinton at a similar point in time. Only President Nixon, who had by then begun to tumble into the abyss of Watergate, had a lower presidential approval rating. Unlike Nixon’s precipitous decline over one mega-problem, Mr. Bush’s fall in public esteem reflects discontent in a number of areas: Americans are unhappy about economic conditions, the war in Iraq, Washington’s intervention in the case of Terri Schiavo and general partisan bickering. In that regard, it is noteworthy that favorable ratings for Congress are lower than in the past, too.

Ultimately, scandals undermined the second terms of all three of Mr. Bush’s two-term predecessors. For now, the president has only a relatively small one in the investigation of possible White House collusion in the unauthorized outing of C.I.A. officer Valerie Plame. But according to July’s polls, Mr. Bush’s personal credibility rating, once a strong point, is slipping. Despite some recent legislative victories, this second term president could use some sustained good news to restore his public standing.

You don't need to go to the link, that's the whole thing. A mindless--useless waste of white space. Let's rewrite the final sentence for them to see if we can make it relevant.

.....this second term president rate newspaper could use some sustained good news journalism and reporting to restore his it's public standing.