July 01, 2004

If she were a horse, we'd put her down.

The New York Times has done it again. They have written a half truth about a man in harms way and published it as fact. And a retraction/correction just is not enough if this young man dies as a result of their politically driven idiocy.

You know what? I really am not in the least bit surprised about this. If you think about it, the "Old Grey Lady" of journalism is the victim of a bad and possibly irreversible case of Dementia that becomes more and more pronounced and apparent each day.

Gone are the days when you could trust what you read on her pages. She has become nothing more than a rag, and what has been done to the reputation of a young marine is just one more reprehensible example of how low she has sunk.

The sort of mis-quoting done in their paper, which has since been "corrected", is the same sort of yellow journalism that reinforces and actually legitimizes unfair stereotypes, no matter how false and malevolent they are. It is exactly situations like this that cause families of military personnel to call in the Marines to run interference with the press, as this family was forced to do just the other night.

Because of the irresponsible and inaccurate reporting of the New York Times, a community, a family, and a Marine have been smeared and endangered.

Posted by Mamamontezz at July 1, 2004 07:00 AM
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Rife with corruption from top to bottom, arrogant and incompetent. It's beyond me how they can stay in business, they have no credibility. Maybe they are secretly funded by the DNC to be a mouthpiece for their political agenda, what they've done with this story proves they have no moral obligations or decency.

Posted by: Jack at July 1, 2004 10:58 PM

I'm ashamed to admit I halfway believed the NYT's bullshit about Hassoun being a deserter. Can't believe I actually took these sons of bitches at their word.

typical liberal bigotry

Posted by: asher - Dreams Into Lightning at July 3, 2004 08:40 PM

poker me up

Posted by: poker me up at December 30, 2004 02:40 PM
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