I sent the following email to David Leonhardt at the New York Times after finding what appears to be a buried phishing link on his story: Challenge to Health Bill: Selling Reform.

While reading your healthcare article trying to sell health care reform:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/business/economy/22leonhardt.html?_r=1&hp

… I was first taken aback by the blatant Obama LoveFest as evidenced by the language:

“Barack Obama was able to rise from the Illinois State Senate to the presidency in large measure because of his ability to explain complex issues and then to make a persuasive argument. He now has a challenge worthy of his skills.”

I believe I was directed by your Web site to a phishing site that tries to convince you your PC is infected with viruses (I’m writing from a Mac. Hmm.)

PLEASE DON’T CLICK: http://antivirus-scannerv9.com/1/?id=2018-1&query=133abe462&q=%3DDQzyjDyOYQNMI%3DN — PLEASE DON’T CLICK THAT LINK
I got out of there as fast as I could, and on closing the page, got the following attempt to get me to download software:

phishing link

All of this happened instantly when I clicked on the following link:

“Republicans have actually come out against doing research into which procedures improve health.“

Which I checked – it does appear to actually contain the following link to newsmax.com.
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/gop_health_care_obama/2009/06/15/225449.html

Which leaves aside the issue that your linking sentence mischaracterizes the Newsmax article about Jon Kyl, as well as Kyl’s arguments.

On a second test, the link again led me to the potential phishing site.

Tags: David Leonhardt, hack, health care reform, Jon Kyl, New York Times, Newsmax.com, phishing, rationing

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