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One Year Ago, Media Jumped to Blame Boston Bombing on 'Anti-Government' 'Extreme Right'

On April 15, 2013, one year ago, two Muslim extremists planted bombs at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring 264 others. This tragic event was sadly exploited by some in the ...
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New York Times Runs Full Story on Bizarre Press Conference by Parents of Boston Bombers

The New York Times wrote up a bizarre news conference held by the parents of the Boston Marathon bombers in Dagestan. David Herszenhorn greeted the conspiratorial rants of the bombers' ...
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Really? NYT Front Page: Terrorist's Twitter Suggests 'Holden Caulfield-like Adolescent Alienation...Downright Sentimental'

A Times book critic provides this peerless analysis of the younger bomber's Twitter feed: "But others suggest a more Holden Caulfield-like adolescent alienation: 'some people are just ...
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NY Times' Boston Coverage Stumbles Over Soft Headlines and Suspect's 'Jumbled' Politics

Doesn't sound very "jumbled" to us. Columnist Charles Blow insisted that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's "politics seemed jumbled," based on the suspect's Twitter feed: "On Election Day he retweeted a tweet ...
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NYT Headline Over Story on Bombing Suspects: 'Far From War-Torn Homeland, Trying to Fit In'

The Times runs sympathetic-sounding headlines over its Friday profile of the two Chechnya-born suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. First: "Far From War-Torn Homeland, Trying to Fit In." ...
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New York Times' Columnist Kristof Plays Politics With Boston Bombing: 'Shame on Senate Republicans'

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof tweeted soon after the fatal bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon: "explosion is a reminder that ATF needs a director. Shame on Senate ...
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New York Times' Columnist Kristof Plays Politics With Boston Bombing: 'Shame on Senate Republicans'

NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof tweeted soon after the fatal bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon: "explosion is a reminder that ATF needs a director. Shame on Senate Republicans for ...
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