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Come on, don't be naive, there is no way this minor, insignificant story will get any play by the major news/print media when the CATACLYSMIC news event of the century is in the headlines now. You know......"Aristide was Kidnapped"!!

I am not being naive. The NYT is considered to be part of the "major" media. It sets the agenda for the nightly TV news and most of the other domestic papers. Moreover it has an international impact. The question is whether the NYT will make this a one time story or pursue it more vigorously--like the way they got everyone to talk about the boycott of the Masters.

Kabar, I completely agree with your posts. The "duh" reaction ignores the 180 degree change in NYT's former objective: to derail Bush and the invasion of Iraq on the basis of the UN Security Council's veto.

Sure, we've all known of massive corruption for a long time, but it is a HUGE shift when liberal media report it, and it was the most detailed piece I've come across. Even if the story languishes in the public eye, I believe the Western legal system, including France's, will persue indictments tenaciously.

Unfortunately, Democrats can no longer recall the UN veto because it happened about a year ago. They just know that "Bush Lied".