Re: [political-research] The NYT's New Pro-War Propaganda

2007-07-30 Thread tigerbengalis
Sean McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [The New York Times is an Israeli/neocon op, trying to pass itself off as a liberal institution -- the algorithm couldn't be more simple.] Elsewhere, Sean McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In fact, I never assert as fact that which isn't backed up by

Re: [political-research] The NYT's New Pro-War Propaganda

2007-07-30 Thread Sean McBride
I can think of six major items of proof off the top of my head: 1. A.M. Rosenthal 2. David Brooks 3. Judith Miller 4. Michael Gordon 5. Thomas Friedman 6. William Safire The New York Times has prominently promoted the neoconservative agenda for decades now, including most recently the Iraq War,

Re: [political-research] The NYT's New Pro-War Propaganda

2007-07-30 Thread Sean McBride
To understand just deep the anger against the New York Times runs in American politics these days, follow the reaction in the blogosphere to the O'Hanlon and Pollack article on Iraq: Google Blog Search [New York Times Pollack]

Re: [political-research] The NYT's New Pro-War Propaganda

2007-07-30 Thread tigerbengalis
Still waiting for the irrefutable proof that The New York Times is an Israeli/neocon op. I'm not sure how listing names amounts to irrefutable proof that a major newspaper is an operation of a foreign government. Sean McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can

Re: [political-research] The NYT's New Pro-War Propaganda

2007-07-30 Thread Sean McBride
Op doesn't mean a formal Israeli operation. What it means is that the New York Times is obsessively preoccupied with the problems and interests of Israel compared to those of other foreign governments around the world. This obsession explains why it went along with neocon schemes for an Iraq