Comments on: NYT correction of the day

By: ArizonaNeanderthal

ArizonaNeanderthal — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:23:41 +0000

1. The New York Times, the Left and MSM in general along with the Hollywood Space Cases are determined to get us involved in Zimbabwe, Sudan and the Balkans. Why? What is our vital interest there? There aren’t any. They rage against involvement in Iraq and Iran but want us involved everywhere else.
Personally I wish we had NOT invaded Iraq. But we did, we have an Army there and have an obligation to win. The Left feels an obligation to make us lose. At least Iraq sits close to the Straits of Hormuz and the Saudi oil fields. If we could grow a set we could ignore those too and develop our own reserves.
But Africa and Asia can solve their own problems and we can’t really help them. And if in solving their problems it takes a civil war so be it. We had our Revolution and Civil War. In what country where we, the UN or anybody else intervened is the situation better? The warring parties just sit tight, re-arm and wait for the foreigners to leave. UN Peacekeepers in Rwanda didn’t do much good.

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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:12:11 +0000

[...] AFP has retracted the photo. The NYT, fresh from its own photo-distorting embarrassment, reports: Updated, 9:33 a.m., Agence France-Presse has retracted the image as “apparently [...]

By: corkie

corkie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:39:07 +0000

On July 10th, 2008 at 11:04 am, Red State Skeptic said:

At least the New York Times acknowledges when it gets something wrong. (cough, Bilal Hussein)

What was wrong about the story about Bilal Hussein? Did someone claim that the Iraqi courts weren’t going to honor the amnesty laws?

By: MtsEdge

MtsEdge — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:19:35 +0000

~~emphasized~~ empathized

By: Lifeofthemind

Lifeofthemind — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:14:37 +0000

On this one I’ll give a break to the Times. Given that I do not read the paper and think the President should issue an executive order prohibiting the expenditure of any government funds to purchase copies of the paper no one can accuse me of being a shill for the NYT.

THe Ties reporter remembered the scandal with the child from 1994 and tried to do the right thing. He brought the kid who was in a cast to the hospital. For that he can not be criticized. The fact that the child’s mother was attempting to manipulate the Times to get medical care for her child is a legitimate story. Doing background on why she is doing this is also fair.

Was the Times gullible and used? Of course it was and they should be much more suspicious of stories of hardship and pleas for assistance but the fact is they see many ugly things out there. Mugabe’s thugs are capable of what she claimed according to other credible reports. Hopefully the Ties will be less susceptible to manipulation by fraudsters like the Palestinian fake news planters while still being human enough to help a sick or dieing child. Hope that I would have taken the kid to a hospital.

By: MtsEdge

MtsEdge — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:40:05 +0000

Legend has it Kevin Carter commited suicide when ‘they’ grilled him heavily because he did nothing to help the child, and was doing a ton of drugs on top of it.

Sickening to think the man could take the time to photographically exploit this child’s agony, yet couldn’t be bothered to lift a finger to help.

That the NYT, the Pulitzer Prize Board, and Columbia University published and awarded accolades for such a heinous breach of humanity is appalling. Tells me that, to them, people are just objects to be photographed and reported on, not to be emphasized with or cared for. It’s not surprising to me that someone who cared so very little for a fellow human being would take his own life. Disgusting.

By: Goldwater Knight

Goldwater Knight — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:51:44 +0000

BTW that 1994 photo was first featured in The New York Times.

By: Goldwater Knight

Goldwater Knight — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:44:35 +0000

That's actually distgusting. This reminds me of a 1994 Pultzer Prize winning photo. Legend has it Kevin Carter commited suicide when 'they' grilled him heavily because he did nothing to help the child, and was doing a ton of drugs on top of it.

By: Political Party Poop

Political Party Poop — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:15:46 +0000

[...] AFP has retracted the photo. The NYT, fresh from its own photo-distorting embarrassment, reports: Updated, 9:33 a.m., Agence France-Presse has retracted the image as “apparently [...]

By: On-my-soap-box

On-my-soap-box — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:09:32 +0000

On July 10th, 2008 at 10:54 am, rambler said:
The NYT isn’t fit for a compost pile.

If you put wet newspapers in your flower beds before planting, weeds will not grow.

If you try this with the NYT, your plants get up and leave.

It is something you have to see to believe!

By: RobM1981

RobM1981 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:18:43 +0000

You guys see the NY Post today? It’s on Drudge, too.

It seems as if the NYT’s dedication to balanced and thorough reporting continues to pay off.

Their stock is now essentially useful only as toilet paper, which is more than I can say for their copy.

More rouge for the Gray Lady! She already looks like a corpse…

By: 30 pcs of silver

30 pcs of silver — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:13:59 +0000

“Intellectuals Lie, the Powerless Die.”

By: Red State Skeptic

Red State Skeptic — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:04:12 +0000

At least the New York Times acknowledges when it gets something wrong. (cough, Bilal Hussein)

By: Michelle Malkin » Fauxtography-fest 2008!

Michelle Malkin » Fauxtography-fest 2008! — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:01:18 +0000

[...] AFP has retracted the photo. The NYT, fresh from its own photo-distorting embarrassment, reports: Updated, 9:33 a.m., Agence France-Presse has retracted the image as “apparently [...]

By: MtsEdge

MtsEdge — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:00:15 +0000

What I was trying to discern was whether the Times reported the falsehood BEFORE or AFTER they learned the truth. In this case, it appears that they corrected themselves once the real reason for his condition became known. I don’t have a lot of good for the NYT, but I’m having a hard time piling on here.

BTW, would anyone here NOT have taken the boy to a facility for treatment?