http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/5777/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/new-book-destroys-credibility-times-duke-lacrosse-rape-coverage <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Why did the Times believe in the Duke rape hoax so long? &quot;[David] Brooks&#039; brand of conservatism - so moderate that he rooted for the Democrats to win control of Congress in 2006 - still put him far to the right of almost every other writer and editor at the Times.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">On Sunday Jeffrey Rosen reviewed "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/books/review/Rosen-t.html " target="_self">Until </a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/books/review/Rosen-t.html ">Proven Innocent - Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case</a>," by Stuart Taylor & KC Johnson, a book that, among bringing other injustices surrounding the case to light, also excoriates the mainstream press's shoddy coverage, much of which presumed the guilt of the three white lacrosse players.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/new-book-destroys-credibility-times-duke-lacrosse-rape-coverage" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch "JeffreyRosen "UntilProvenInnocent Books Crime DuffWi Duke Lacrosse LiberalBias NewYorkTimes NYTimes rape Sports TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:12:00 +0000 admin 5783 at http://archive2.mrc.org