N.Y. Times to apologize for photo, video of soldier

Houston Chronicle ^ | Feb. 1, 2007, | MICHAEL HEDGES

[PurpleMan]

WASHINGTON — The New York Times will express regret for hurting the feelings of the family of a Texas soldier after publishing a photograph and a video showing him as he lay dying in Baghdad.

The letter is part of an agreement reached Wednesday between the Army and the Times to resolve a controversy about the use of images of Staff Sgt. Hector Leija without his consent.

[PurpleMan]

Pigs flying?

A non-apology apology?

[Joe 6-pack]

Imagine the outrage if the Army had published images of a wounded New York Times reporter....

[Always Right]

In the eyes of the drive by media, the only useful soldier is a dead soldier, or so you would believe from their reporting.

[tobyhill]

Take the reporter and photographer to an empty field and take care of business. Heck with all this letter writing apologies because the damage is done and it was done in a treasonous way.

[manic4organic]

I'm sure they'll put the apology on the front page. /s

[Abathar]

Yeah, the outrage would be that they didn't get a % from using it themselves.

[T.Smith]

This is just evidence of the fact that the NY Times does not view soldiers as people. They are statistics to be used to boost circulation and further their own political agenda.

[aculeus]

Never forget:

Quote:
the Times's new publisher, Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr ... was a sixties anti-war activist who famously declared that in a confrontation between an American and a North Vietnamese soldier he'd want to see the American get shot."
Unquote.
Stanley Kurtz (NRO on line, June 5, 2001)

[ArrogantBustard]

images of a wounded New York Times reporter....

Those scumbags eat their own ... the MSM would try to make a buck or two (along with a few political points) with the video of the wounded New Dork Times reporter.

[HOTTIEBOY]

Yeah right....

I look for the lies to harm our soldiers on the front page with the apologies two days later on the very back page in small letters right under the Viagra ads.

[ishabibble]

The real story is alot sicker that this Houston Chronicle article shows. The reporter for the NYT called a HS Principal and asked him to show this gory stuff to the dead man's family. Bottom of the article in this link.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777086/posts

[pikachu]

Imagine the outrage if the Army had published images of a wounded New York Times reporter....

I thought NYT reporters were zombies. And that explains a lot of their actions.

[albie]

The only thing the NYT would understand is a multi-million dollar lawsuit. They're all for John Edwards type ambulance chasers. Let them try some of thier own medicine.

[Pentagon Leatherneck]

"The New York Times will express regret for hurting the feelings of the family"

HURTING THE FEELINGS???

How about "offending" or "upsetting" or some term a little less condescending?

TC

[Billthedrill]

A non-apology apology?

Oh, yeah. "We're sorry if anyone was stupid enough to be offended by our publication of a baby-killing stormtrooper getting his just deserts but if it weren't for the lying, criminal Bush regime he'd never have been there in the first place." Something along those lines.

[antiRepublicrat]

What is the average time for an death notification from the military these days? They published only five days after the death. Could they have published it before the family even knew?

I smell a rightful, juicy lawsuit in this one.

[Neoliberalnot]

Let the soldiers not forget when the times' reporters arrive in Iraq.

[fishergirl]

Too bad it couldn't be a huge class action lawsuit. This was horrible and devastating to the family AND an outrage and insult to all of us who support our troops and have loved ones fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[nmh]

Sue the crap out of the NYT.

It's the ONLY WAY, liberals will feel bad - when you take THEIR money, their god. SUE EM!

That's disgusting. They have NO RESPECT FOR THAT BRAVE MAN.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

I hope they sue the h...l out of the NY Slimes!!!