Larry Rohter, like his NY Times mother ship, is a simulator. A simple look at at the timeline: The El Salado massacre happened in February 2000 So how did Rohter spend the next few weeks? Not investigating El Salado, but, rather preparing a March puff-piece on Am�rica's number one narco terrorist, the chief of the right wing Colombian paramilitary squads who Rohter called "a victim" more than the perp of these kinds of massacres. That story ran in March. During this same time, Times coverage was egging on "Plan Colombia" while its editorial pages called for some mild human rights additions to the war plan that were since shelved in conference committee. Meanwhile, in the news pages Times coverage and that of Rohter in particular kept beating the drums. Clinton signed the aid package Thursday. Rohter reports on the five-month-old massacre on Friday morning. Thus, preserving the myth of his and the Times precious objectivity. "Oh, we do stories on both sides." But the TIMING is everything. Rohter and the Times got what they wanted: a war full of atrocities to cover and thus to win Pulitzers. It doesn't get any sicker than that. Now, the funding approved, the helicopters being readied, they will feint left for a spell until its time to begin the rooting. Rohter Rooter! And away goes journalism down the drain. Rohter's boss, the international editor at the Times, is Andy Rosenthal, son of that beast A.M. "Abe" Rosenthal who years ago presided over the driving of the final nails in the coffin of authentic journalism at the Times. Pop went too far, and the Times put Max Frankel, Rosenthal senior's nemesis, in the top seat to restore some semblance of credibility. (Frankel titled a chapter of his autobiography "Not Abe."). Last Sunday, Max Frankel filed his final column for the New York Times magazine. Last May he penned a very strong warning on the war to come in Colombia. Now he's gone. Son-of-Abe is at the international helm. The Dubya of false journalism. A little historic memory: On the day before the Colombia elections of July 1998, when the CIA was doing everything to elect Pastrana, and Washington was railing about narco-money in his opponent's campaign, the NY Times published a story that has since been proven to be made out of thin air: it claimed that the liberal Samper government, which Pastrana was opposing, was about to spray herbicides on coca country. It even invented the precise herbicide, etc. Later, it was forced to print a correction. But when asked about how that story appeared in print, Andy Rosenthal gave a terse "no comment." The Junior of the Times also got his head handed too him by Mexico's top columnist when he tried to defend bureau bombers Sam Dillon and Julia Preston from the international disgrace caused them by that columnist reporting on Narco News accusations against them. Rosenthal tried to gag another journalist. He lost the knife fight. Badly. The Times is not the only major media in bed with Langley. But the evidences on them are beginning to spill out of the glass tower on 42nd street. Anyone got anything more on Rohter or Rosenthal junior? Narco News is on the trail.... developing... Al Giordano publisher The Narco News Bulletin http://www.narconews.com/ --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "David Crockett Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry this post is long with three related news international news reports > of USGovt officers complicit in illegal drug trade while peasants are raped > and killed by the paramilitaries typically funded by CIA. > > While American Anti-Drug-War activists settle for which States they can get > medical marijuana legalized in, and ignore the CIA drug smuggling and its > fomenting of armed insurrections by covert actions, the next Vietnam is > happening now in Colombia and will soon expand throughout South America with > new US aid in the works for Colombia to augment covert funding of > paramilitaries such as the handiwork below of those McCaffrey decries as > terrorists to justify such increased funding. Read what is going on beyond > the ganja smoke curtain and start looking in the next months for increasing > American military presence there and bodybags coming home as quietly as > possible. This article also appeared in abbreviated form in today's > Bakersfield Californian newspaper. Thanks to mainlinenews for the posting > http://www.egroups.com/group/mainlinenews > > > http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/americas/071400colombia- violence.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <FONT COLOR="#000099">To email plain text is conventional, to add graphics is divine. We'll show you how at www.supersig.com. </FONT><A HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/6811/6/_/475667/_/963706257/"><B>Click Here!</B></A> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
