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(NY) TIMES' 'ABUSE' HOOEY
New York Post ^ | 7/28/03 | HEATHER MAC DONALD

Posted on 07/28/2003 2:10:21 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:15:15 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

July 28, 2003 -- DRIVEN by a precipitate lust to discredit the Bush administration, The New York Times has misread a recent Justice Department report on alleged government abuse of terror suspects. More important, the front-page smear job set off a chain reaction of imitation news articles across the country, parroting the Times' error. Thus has the war on the war on terror been waged - with misrepresentation, group thinking and blinding biases.


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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antiamerican; antibush; bushbashing; deceit; dnctalkingpoints; doj; lovedclintonswars; mediabias; newyorkpravda; newyorktimes; nyt; nythoax; nytimes; unamerican

1 posted on 07/28/2003 2:10:21 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
I'm shocked the NYTimes made a mistake....what next their reporters will be accused of making up stories....:-)
2 posted on 07/28/2003 2:15:03 AM PDT by Dog
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To: kattracks
Thus has the war on the war on terror been waged - with misrepresentation, group thinking and blinding biases.

That is basic leftist strategy. Create an issue (the "sixteen words"), blast it from the roof tops, follow up with a slanted poll to "prove" the point, and the big lie has succeeded again. Fortunately, there are conservative voices out there now to counter these lies.

3 posted on 07/28/2003 3:04:56 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
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To: kattracks; Timesink
This deserves a bump AND a question:

How come the NY Times only appears to make "mistakes" that make demonrats look good and pubbies look bad?

4 posted on 07/28/2003 5:35:27 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Dems lie 'cause they have to...)
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To: kattracks
Let them eat yellowcake!!
5 posted on 07/28/2003 5:56:22 AM PDT by SpinyNorman
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To: kattracks
Residual Jayson Blair Syndrome.
6 posted on 07/28/2003 5:59:23 AM PDT by Consort
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