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10 Years On: The New York Times and 9-11

admin — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:26:00 +0000

After committing heroic journalism in the days and weeks after the attacks on September 11, 2001, Times journalists slipped back into partisan liberal patterns, blaming Bush for failing to stop the attacks, comparing bombing Baghdad to the 9-11 terror attacks, even promoting a "Truther" convention.

Clay Waters

In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Times reporters overcame enormous danger and duress to perform often-heroic feats of journalism, as proven by the Pulitzer Prize winning 'Portraits of Grief' series, which commemorated the lives of every single victim of the terrorist attacks.

Birthers vs. Truthers: The New York Times' Double Standard on Conspiracy Theories

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:10:00 +0000

Clay Waters

Real estate mogul Donald Trump, acting like a presidential candidate, is garnering attention by latching on to the "birther" issue - the discredited notion that President Obama was not born in Hawaii but in another country, thus making him ineligible for the presidency.

Birthers vs. Truthers: The Times' Double Standard on Conspiracy Theories

admin — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:47:00 +0000

Birthers vs. Truthers: The Times' double standard on conspiracy theories. While GOP response to a Times poll question on Obama's birthplace has caused anxiety and discussion, the paper has ignored a 2006 poll showing Democrats embracing a far more pernicious conspiracy theory: That Bush either had advance knowledge of the 9-11 attacks or instigated the attacks himself.

Clay Waters

Times Hits 'Venomous' Rhetoric of Ground Zero Mosque Critic Pamela Geller

admin — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:24:00 +0000

The Times ironically accuses anti-Islamic blogger Pamela Geller for having "quoted selectively" the controversial imam, and accuse her of spreading "misimpressions that the project was at the World Trade Center site and would solely house a prayer space." It also hinted why Geller is popular: She ran the cartoons of Muhammad that the Times and other outlets refused to.

Clay Waters

The Times' inaccurate portrait of Ann Coulter being outflanked by the Tea Party was accompanied in Sunday's edition by a hostile profile of fiery anti-Islamic provocateur blogger Pamela Geller by Anne Barnard and Alan Feuer. It appeared on the front of the Sunday Metro section under a selection of photos of Geller and the headline "Outraged and Outrageous."

To NY Times, Birther Beliefs 'False...Fringe,' But 9-11 Truthers Part of 'American Tradition' of Dissent?

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:22:00 +0000

Clay Waters

While those who question Obama's presidential eligibility are called "fringe" and "false," the New York Times gave a respectful hearing to a convention pushing a far more incendiary left-wing conspiracy theory - that Bush orchestrated the 9-11 attacks: "Some participants see an American tradition of questioning concentrated power."

Birther Beliefs Are "False...Fringe," But 9-11 Truthers Part of an "American Tradition" of Dissent?

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:28:00 +0000

While those who question Obama's presidential eligibility are called 'fringe' and 'false,' the Times gave a respectful hearing to a convention pushing a far more incendiary left-wing conspiracy theory - that Bush orchestrated the 9-11 attacks: 'Some participants see an American tradition of questioning concentrated power.'

Clay Waters

On Wednesday (the day after President Obama's birthday) Washington reporter Jeff Zeleny devoted his latest "On the White House" web column, "Persistent 'Birthers' Fringe Disorients Strategists," to the fringe group that questions Obama's birthplace in Hawaii and thus his presidential eligibility.

Times Bashes Birthers & Blames Limbaugh, But Gave 9-11 Truthers Respect

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:09:00 +0000

And don't forget to blame Rush Limbaugh for spreading the anti-Obama "birther" story.

Clay Waters

Anti-Bush 9-11 "Truthers" get a fair hearing from the Times, but anti-Obama "Birthers" are harshly criticized, and Rush Limbaugh is of course to blame.

NYT Editors: Powerful and Modest

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:47:00 +0000

A story on Times editors hashing out the next morning's front page talks of "11 men and 7 women with the power to decide what was important in the world."

Clay Waters

Metro reporter Alan Feuer took a break from nude egg-tossing to cover ameeting of Times editors, decidingwhat stories would make the front page the next morning- "A Snapshot of the World at 4 P.M." Feuer got in a crack about how, in the age of the

Times Reporter's Naked Revenge - Assaults Car With Yogurt, Eggs

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:44:00 +0000

Metro reporter Alan Feuer takes on a car alarm: "By now, my wife has told me many times precisely what she saw that night...a man fully naked in the heat of mid-July, storming by in a sort of sleepless fever, armed with a vanilla Brown Cow yogurt and a dozen brown eggs."

Clay Waters

Metro reporter Alan Feuer took naked revenge on a car alarm, as described in a personal essay in the "Complaint Box" section of Sunday's Metropolitan rundown, "A Hot Night, a Car Alarm And a Recipe for Silence."

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Times Still Denying the Obvious About Bronx Synagogue Bomb Plot

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:00 +0000

"The authorities have made no overt claim that the four suspects - James Cromitie, Onta Williams, David Williams IV and Laguerre Payen - hatched a plot in jail or that their experiences behind bars led to their alleged acts. In fact, it is uncertain just how much of a role their faith played in their motivation."

Clay Waters

In the aftermath of a foiled plot by four prison converts to radical Islam to blow up two Bronx synagogues, roving reporter Daniel Wakin filed a politically correct story on whether or not Islam radicalizes inmates. Wakintread very lightly over the issue in Sunday's "Imams Reject Talk That Islam Radicalizes Inmates." There's another denial of the obvious:

Reporter Glad "American Macho" of Bush Era on the Wane

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:34:00 +0000

Reporter Alan Feuer on the paper's City Room blog: "It's safe to say that with the Bush era behind us, the American Macho - responsible for Blackwater and 'Mission Accomplished'- is on the wane."

Clay Waters

In 2006, reporter Alan Feuer gave a respectable hearing to some 9-11 conspiracy nuts who thought the attack on the World Trade Center was an inside job. Now he's a Metro Reporter who pitches in on the City Room blog, peppering up local event listings with Internet-friendly liberal nuggets like this:

"Unclear What Role, If Any, Religion Played" in Fort Dix Six Terror Plot?

admin — Mon, 14 May 2007 18:34:00 +0000

In the face of clear evidence, reporter Alan Feuer claimed "It is unclear what role, if any, religion played in the attack Mr. Shnewer and the five other men are charged with planning."

Clay Waters

Reporter Alan Feuer, seen here last May giving respectable coverage to a convention of "Bush-caused-9-11" conspiracy nuts, went to enormous (and erroneous) pains Monday to soft-pedal the Muslim beliefs of the Fort Dix terrorist plotters in "Two