On November 9th, The New York Times featured a page-one article whose headline blared: 'Right Wing's Surge in Europe Has the Establishment Rattled.' But it turns out that these alleged Rightists 'want to strengthen not shrink government and they see the welfare state as an integral part of their national identities.' The article reveals that 'The platform of France's National Front … reads in part like a leftist manifesto.' This twisting of language and facts has reached ludicrous levels.
