April 30, 2006
Moving the Finish Line
In its never ending quest to assure defeat in Iraq the New York Times sets an impossible standard for success. Then declares failure. Here's the lead:
THE country's new leaders were only five days into their jobs Thursday morning, when a BMW filled with armed men pulled alongside a van carrying the sister of Iraq's new Sunni vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi. The men opened fire, killing Maysoon al-Hashemi, a 61-year-old grandmother.The Times was at least willing to give Bush the benefit of the "First 100 Days" standard. And that's just for a new administration in a two centuries old government. This is the first administration of the first democracy in a Arab nation and the times has written it off in five days.
With such an impossible standard for success it's no wonder the Times is shouting failure.
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 05:57 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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Then again, who really trusts the Times? Maybe I'm being slightly naive with that statement, but it seems to me The New York Times has lost all respect in the world of journalism. Everything the Times says I take with a large grain of salt.
Posted by: Butter at May 03, 2006 12:21 PM (kutkG)
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A lot of people, unfortunately, don't share your skepticism of the Times. And a lot of NTY stories are picked up by other papers across the country.
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at May 03, 2006 05:29 PM (DdRjH)
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