A Times editorial on Eliot Spitzer's entry into the race for New York City comptroller complains, "he will also use his money and name recognition to suck all attention from the other candidates, especially the capable Manhattan borough president, Scott Stringer, who deserves better treatment."
While bemoaning this "suck all attention" phenomenon editorially, the Times is also participating in it fully; today's paper features a news article with a photograph, the editorial, a metro section column, and an op-ed page column, all about Mr. Spitzer. If the Times doesn't want Mr. Spitzer to suck all the attention away from anyone else, it sure isn't doing much to prevent it from happening. There's no coverage in today's paper, for example, of who in the Republican Party might be be planning to run for city comptroller.