Friday, March 24, 2006
They're All Jayson Blairs Now
The New York Times has had to admit that it unknowingly published false stories twice in the past few weeks. They published a long story about the guy claiming to be the Abu Ghraib poster boy (the figure, arms akimbo, in a black bag and hood). He wasn't. They also had a long story about a Katrina 'survivor' who turned out not to have been in the storm in any way. Add to that the seditious, criminal behavior of publishing secrets--rendition flights, European prisons, NSA signal intelligence. I know from my own now and again analyses that their editorials often contain basic factual errors. And we're not even talking about the bias of what they choose not to cover.
Accelerating fall for the former paper of record? I hope so. Couldn't happen to less nice guys.
Accelerating fall for the former paper of record? I hope so. Couldn't happen to less nice guys.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 6:40 AM 
