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"I'm less than impressed by your logic and conclusions"

And I'm less than impressed by yours! In fact, you say you have logic, but you don't have any at all.

All you can do is throw out these wild charges - like I'm a supporter of Trump (which I'm not), or that my initial linked article does not show that the Times engaged in plagiarism (when it's the very definition of plagiarism!). Speaking of plagiarism. . . that reminds of yet another NY Times writer/plagiarizer, Jayson Blair, whose plagiarized stories appeared in the Times no less than seven times. Don't believe me? Look it up! Yeah, they offered an apology here too. But wouldn't it have been better if they had had the safeguards in place to prevent such malfeasance in the first place?

"[M]any were misled by [New York Times writer] Judith Miller" - yes they were! I wonder about the level of support for the Iraq War war which Miller's articles made possible. Without her malpractice, would it have even been possible to defeat the Bush/Cheney regime for a second term? Of course, we'll never know. You say "everyone" cheered for the Iraq invasion. Maybe it seemed that way to you, but there was a not insignificant number of congressional representatives (133 in fact) who voted against his insane invasion, including Bernie Sanders, as well as the congresswoman from the adjoining district to mine, Barbara Lee. I also could see right through the group think at the time (maybe one reason was because I didn't read the NY Times!). The Times acted as if such rationality was an impediment to the "unity" we needed at the time. Disgusting. So they issued a retraction - big deal!

So where do I get my news? First of all, like most browsers, the Opera browser I use presents a list of stories from the mainstream media when I first log on (including the NY Times!). I check a few of these stories each day to see how our corporate media companies are framing each new news story. For reliable reporting I can actually trust though, I check the following:
As I say, you're easily amused by Pulitzer Prizes (media elites giving awards to other media elites and singing "Kumbaya! Aren't we wonderful!"). You would do much better to think for yourself, rather than relying on prizes and popular vote entertainment sites, when it comes to your news consumption.


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  • "I'm less than impressed by your logic and conclusions" - Chris from Lafayette 05/14/2022:10:06 05/14/20 (0)

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