http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/international/middleeast/
26FTE_NOTE.html NY Times acknowledges that some of its
Iraq pieces “included incomplete information or pointed in a wrong
direction.” A substantial apology, although it makes a
point of saying that individual reporters (i.e. Judith Miller)
were not at fault. Also interesting is that much is made of
where in the paper an article appeared, and where the later and
less sensational corrections appeared—especially since
the articles that appear on the
Times’s website (unlike those of the
Washington Post) carry no note indicating where
on the printed paper they appeared. (On which page did this
apology run?) 02:00
Gulfstream
Entry Posted May 27, 2004
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Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com (salon.com):
… astonished that anyone could possibly think that about them. There has been a mountain of evidence documenting the truth of McClellan's observations about the press for years now. Books have been written demonstrating their mindless deference. BothThe New York Timesand The Washington Post have acknowledged, to varying degrees, that they were complicit in disseminating false pro-war propaganda and suppressing the anti-war case. And the networks themselves -- though they pretend otherwise -- are smack in the middle …
Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com (salon.com):
… up evidence more conclusive than McClellan's admissions. Blindingly conclusive evidence which would -- for any rational person -- forever negate the "Liberal Media" myth has been piling up for years. The extraordinary (though woefully incomplete) 2004mea culpa from The New York Timesacknowledged that not just Judy Miller, but the paper as a whole, re-printed pro-war government claims that were "allowed to stand unchallenged." The Washington Post's own media critic, Howard Kurtz, …
1 Boring Old Man (1boringoldman.com):
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Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com (www.salon.com):
… astonished that anyone could possibly think that about them. There has been a mountain of evidence documenting the truth of McClellan's observations about the press for years now. Books have been written demonstrating their mindless deference. BothThe New York Timesand The Washington Post have acknowledged, to varying degrees, that they were complicit in disseminating false pro-war propaganda and suppressing the anti-war case. And the networks themselves -- though they pretend otherwise -- are smack in the middle …
Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com (www.salon.com):
… astonished that anyone could possibly think that about them. There has been a mountain of evidence documenting the truth of McClellan's observations about the press for years now. Books have been written demonstrating their mindless deference. BothThe New York Timesand The Washington Post have acknowledged, to varying degrees, that they were complicit in disseminating false pro-war propaganda and suppressing the anti-war case. And the networks themselves -- though they pretend otherwise -- are smack in the middle …
Balter's Blog (michael-balter.blogspot.com):
… astonished that anyone could possibly think that about them. There has been a mountain of evidence documenting the truth of McClellan's observations about the press for years now. Books have been written demonstrating their mindless deference. BothThe New York Timesand The Washington Post have acknowledged, to varying degrees, that they were complicit in disseminating false pro-war propaganda and suppressing the anti-war case. And the networks themselves -- though they pretend otherwise -- are smack in the middle …
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… up evidence more conclusive than McClellan's admissions. Blindingly conclusive evidence which would -- for any rational person -- forever negate the "Liberal Media" myth has been piling up for years. The extraordinary (though woefully incomplete) 2004mea culpa from The New York Timesacknowledged that not just Judy Miller, but the paper as a whole, re-printed pro-war government claims that were "allowed to stand unchallenged." The Washington Post's own media critic, Howard Kurtz, …
Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com (www.salon.com):
… up evidence more conclusive than McClellan's admissions. Blindingly conclusive evidence which would -- for any rational person -- forever negate the "Liberal Media" myth has been piling up for years. The extraordinary (though woefully incomplete) 2004mea culpa from The New York Timesacknowledged that not just Judy Miller, but the paper as a whole, re-printed pro-war government claims that were "allowed to stand unchallenged." The Washington Post's own media critic, Howard Kurtz, …
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… Blindingly conclusive evidence which would — for any rational person — forever negate the “Liberal Media” myth has been piling up for years. The extraordinary (though woefully incomplete) 2004mea culpa from The New York Timesacknowledged that not just Judy Miller, but the paper as a whole, re-printed pro-war government claims that were “allowed to stand unchallenged.” The Washington Post’s own media critic, Howard Kurtz, …
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… up evidence more conclusive than McClellan's admissions. Blindingly conclusive evidence which would -- for any rational person -- forever negate the "Liberal Media" myth has been piling up for years. The extraordinary (though woefully incomplete) 2004mea culpa from The New York Timesacknowledged that not just Judy Miller, but the paper as a whole, re-printed pro-war government claims that were "allowed to stand unchallenged." The Washington Post's own media critic, Howard Kurtz, …
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at-Largely (atlargely.com):
… inclination to beat his wife as an act that depicts a strong male role in marriage. During the Bush years, this kind of intellectually dishonest, apologetic journalism has done grave damage to our country and the rest of the world. The smattering ofbegrudging mea culpasaside, such reportorial distillations in our mainstream media, in which reality is jettisoned for unmitigated transcription of White House talking points, has not, as conventional wisdom keeps telling us, subsided much, if at all, since the earliest …
MediaBloodhound (mediabloodhound.typepad.com):
… inclination to beat his wife as an act that depicts a strong male role in marriage. During the Bush years, this kind of intellectually dishonest, apologetic journalism has done grave damage to our country and the rest of the world. The smattering ofbegrudging mea culpasaside, such reportorial distillations in our mainstream media, in which reality is jettisoned for unmitigated transcription of White House talking points, has not, as conventional wisdom keeps telling us, subsided much, if at all, since the earliest …
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… John McCain has picked up the torch, and is now lying, howler after howler, on the campaign trail with impunity. The question is: Will the media that credulously reported the weapons-of-mass-destruction and al-Qaeda/Saddam lies [“allowed to stand unchallenged,” it was later reported with regret] continue to let John McCain lie with the newest iteration of the al-Qaeda will strike us from Iraq fable? “(Al-Qaeda in Iraq) if we left, they wouldn’t be establishing a base. They …
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… John McCain has picked up the torch, and is now lying, howler after howler, on the campaign trail with impunity. The question is: Will the media that credulously reported the weapons-of-mass-destruction and al-Qaeda/Saddam lies [“allowed to stand unchallenged,” it was later reported with regret] continue to let John McCain lie with the newest iteration of the al-Qaeda will strike us from Iraq fable? “(Al-Qaeda in Iraq) if we left, they wouldn’t be establishing a base. They’d be taking a country, …
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