Thank You...
Posted on 07/03/2006 1:39:18 PM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
The "layers of editors" at the NYT, better known as the "rusty sieve of editors," has let another one get by it - claiming that Oliver North worked against the Contras.
In 1985, The Times reported that a Marine colonel in the White House was overseeing the secret war against the Nicaraguan contras. The newspaper withheld the name of the colonel because the White House said printing it might endanger his life, recalled a former Times reporter, Joel Brinkley. The Post named Oliver North the next day. "There was absolutely no reason not to print his name," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
...and ever since then Col North's home and family have had special security to protect them from terrorist.
". . . the secret war against the Nicaraguan contras."
What a dufus! We were helping the contras against the Sandanistas.
Not to nitpick, but the Contras were on our side. North was working against the Sandanistas.
not to mention a little punctuation error....geez, does NO ONE edit his or her work over there?
hey, i remember when usa today printed the names and addresses (or should i say ADDRESS'S) of the rodney king jury after the verdict.
appalling and conscienceless.
Of course, to the Times the Sandanistas were the good guys. Hence the mistake that North was working against the Contras.
Journalizm Skul graduate. BTT.
NEW YORK SLIMES(Alias Times)....They LOVE the Enenemy....Bow Down....Get on their knees....make LOVE....with our enemies!!!!
Just prior to that the NYTimes published an article on Page 1 that claimed that CIA principles believed the White House and its NSC was acting illegally in support of the Nicaragua Contras. The article was a template that has been followed many times since: The CIA leak, the NYTimes publication of highly classified material, the disengenuousness that follows when anyone questions either the NYTimes patriotism (the Sulzbergers from their roots in Germany have been Marxist cosmopolitains) or the CIA's honesty.
Just prior to that the NYTimes published an article on Page 1 that claimed that CIA principles believed the White House and its NSC was acting illegally in support of the Nicaragua Contras. The article was a template that has been followed many times since: The CIA leak, the NYTimes publication of highly classified material, the disengenuousness that follows when anyone questions either the NYTimes patriotism (the Sulzbergers from their roots in Germany have been Marxist cosmopolitains) or the CIA's honesty.
The lefty weenies no doubt regret that decision.
Thank You...
Sandanista = Sandinista?
Yes, Sandinista.
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