50 Years Later, We Know That the NYT Distorted the Kitty Genovese Story to Drive an Agenda

Newsbusters ^ | March 15, 2014

[IncPen]

Agenda was generalized slander of Amercan character and society. Demoralization of general populace. Inculcate mistrust among members of communities.

We have an entire administration and most of Congress dedicated to this very principle.

Hope and change indeed.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember when this happened, and several later documentaries on how people ignored her cries for help.

Now we find it was bogus.

Reminds me of the Russian Ambassador’s words in DR STRANGLOVE...”Our source was the NEW YORK TIMES!”

[Borges]

That guy may be the currently longest incarcerated person in America. In jail since 1964.

[21twelve]

Last year my HS daughter had to write about it. I did some research on the net and found an article about how it really went down. She ended up writing about that instead of what the teacher was expecting.

[tanknetter]

NY Times was also responsible for the coverup of the deliberate use of famine as a political tool by the Soviet Communists.

They still proudly display the Pulitzer their reporter won for that.