Nytimes rewrite history to bash Bush

Andrew Sullivan/NYTIMES ^ | 11/13/03 | Nytimes editorial board

[Pikamax]

BAIT AND SWITCH:

"President Bush sketched an expansive vision last night [at his American Enterprise Institute speech] of what he expects to accomplish by a war in Iraq. Instead of focusing on eliminating weapons of mass destruction, or reducing the threat of terror to the United States, Mr. Bush talked about establishing a 'free and peaceful Iraq' that would serve as a 'dramatic and inspiring example' to the entire Arab and Muslim world, provide a stabilizing influence in the Middle East and even help end the Arab-Israeli conflict. The idea of turning Iraq into a model democracy in the Arab world is one some members of the administration have been discussing for a long time." -- New York Times editorial, February 27, 2003.

"The White House recently began shifting its case for the Iraq war from the embarrassing unconventional weapons issue to the lofty vision of creating an exemplary democracy in Iraq." -- New York Times editorial, today.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/13/opinion/13THU2.html

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[eyespysomething]

BUSTED!

Good find.

[Steve_Seattle]

There have been more inaccuracies and misrepresentations in the media's characterizations of the president's speeches than in the speeches themselves.

[SoggyBottomBoy]

People, Do Not read the NY Times, they cannot and will not print the truth about our President. They are irrelavant!

[jimbo123]

NY Times editorial fraud department

retrace@nytimes.com

[sinclair]

I sent the NYTimes an e-mail asking if it was a deliberate lie or just a mistake. Wonder what their answer will be?

[tsmith130]

Send them another one asking them if they read their own newspaper.

[jmstein7]

BUMP!

[sinclair]

OK.

[finnman69]

bump

[Steve_Seattle]

"Send them another one asking them if they read their own newspaper."

My sister and brother-in-law work for the Seattle Times, and I'm amazed how often I'll refer to something in the paper that they don't know about. Maybe they're just playing dumb, not wanting to be dragged into holiday conversations about what - for them - is just biz.