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Those fake rape photos: Boston Globe attempts cover-up of fake rape pix
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, May 14, 2004 | Joseph Farah

Posted on 05/14/2004 2:52:01 AM PDT by JohnHuang2

It was 10 days ago now that WorldNetDaily first blew the whistle on the fake rape photos that were being disseminated internationally in an effort to exaggerate the extent of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.

Explicit photos depicting rape of Iraqi women by U.S. American GIs were picked up from porn sites in the U.S. and abroad by Arab and Muslim propagandists and posted on Internet sites and published in newspapers.

Certainly, these horrifying bogus images of brutality have persuaded millions that the prisoner abuse scandal is far worse than it really is.

Perhaps those expectations are par for the course in the Arab and Muslim world where hatred for the West runs deep. But how does one explain the reaction of the Boston Globe when a city councilor challenged the paper to investigate the authenticity of the already discredited photos?

The Boston Globe published them.

No checking.

No verification.

Not even as much as a Google search was performed by the reporters and editors involved.

If even this kind of cursory search had been done, the previous WorldNetDaily articles would have popped up. One U.S. porn site had already shut down as a result of the WND series.

What can one say about such sloppy journalism?

Does it make you angry?

Were the editors at the Boston Globe repentant?

Guess what?

The staff at the Boston Globe was furious at WorldNetDaily for exposing their gaffe.

Within minutes of the posting of the story, the Globe reporter and editors were angrily demanding WND editors retract the story, pull it from the website, make it go away.

Why?

The reporter first told WND editors that our reporter, Sherrie Gossett, had not identified herself as a journalist.

After Gossett produced e-mails in which she clearly identified herself as a journalist and offered up links to four previous stories she had written on the subject of the bogus rape photos in an effort to help the Globe, the story changed.

Then one of the editors told me our reporter had failed to explain she was eliciting information for the purpose of preparing a story.

I explained patiently to this editor that in my nearly 30 years in this business I couldn't recall a single instance in which I said to an interview subject that I was eliciting information for the purpose of preparing a story. That is understood. I've also been interviewed dozens of times by journalists and never once has one explained to me in advance that he or she was eliciting information for the purpose of preparing a story.

Yet, such was the level of embarrassment at the Boston Globe that staffers were grasping at straws this week in an effort to cover their own shame.

Unfortunately, as we've seen with the history of these photos published by the Globe, they are not merely journalistic embarrassments, they truly hurt America's position in the war in Iraq and the broader war against Islamist terrorism.

More than 24 hours after published the photos, the Boston Globe had still not offered up a correction.

Too many Americans, perhaps the Boston Globe included, are eager to see the USA get a black eye in Iraq. They are ready, willing and able to expect the worst about our conduct in this war. Some are projecting, before the evidence is in, this scandal is just part of the systematic and widespread human rights abuses perpetrated by the U.S. military.

Without wasting any more time, without fueling any more anti-American hatred and before endangering any more American lives, the Boston Globe should do the right thing – make a full and complete retraction of those photos.

And maybe the Globe editors should thank WND for bringing this matter to their attention instead of blaming us for their embarrassment.


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: agitprop; aidandcomfort; boston; bostonglobe; bushhasser; ccrm; coverup; fakephotos; globe; iraqipow; iraqipowphotos; lyingliars; mediabias; porn; sedition; thebiglie; traitors; treason
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1 posted on 05/14/2004 2:52:01 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2

Remeber, The Boston Globe is owned by The New York Times and has basically the same agenda.


2 posted on 05/14/2004 2:58:20 AM PDT by Beckwith (First it was Babe Ruth, now The Globe . . .)
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To: JohnHuang2; backhoe; MeeknMing

"Not even as much as a Google search was performed by the reporters and editors involved."

[Hysteric laugther, choking on breakfast.]


3 posted on 05/14/2004 2:58:37 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Backhoe's Gorelick links: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1117579/posts)
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To: JohnHuang2

Canceled my 20+ year subscription yesterday morning at 7:01 am. This was the final straw.


4 posted on 05/14/2004 3:04:03 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Uday and Qusay are ead-day)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Maybe they'll send you an e-mail explaining that they feel your pain.


5 posted on 05/14/2004 3:17:55 AM PDT by DeuceTraveler ((fight terrorism, give your local democrat a wedgie))
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To: JohnHuang2


And not just newspapers. If you are familiar with Joe Vialls website then you will know that he is still using and making money out of this story. He openly asks for contributions to fund his research into stories that he publishes. Please be warned that his webpage images are completely unedited. This guy needs to be shut down or put right on his glaring ignorance of the facts!

http://geocities.com/vialls/index.html

"American Perverts Pack Rape & Kill Iraqi Women"


6 posted on 05/14/2004 3:19:17 AM PDT by Tommyjo
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To: JohnHuang2

I seethe at this guy's audacity:


"Every report on this website is researched , analysed and written solely by me on a tiny disability pension that buys less each week. If you are better off, please help by making a donation towards costs at the link below"


7 posted on 05/14/2004 3:25:53 AM PDT by Tommyjo
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To: JohnHuang2

Isn't this treason?

The Boston Globe printed a story that they knew to be false - there is no other way to get around it.

Specifically they printed it to damage the President by damaging the war effort.

Did Tokyo Rose do any worse???


8 posted on 05/14/2004 3:29:16 AM PDT by swilhelm73
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To: Beckwith

BOSTON GLOBE INCITES MURDERS AGAIN AGAINST AMERICANS

BOSTON GLOBE PUBLISHED KNOWN-BY THE GLOBE-TO-BE-FROM-PORN-SITES PHOTOS:

Boston Globe Publishes Fake Iraq Rape Pictures to have Americas Murdered (Again) - Thread 1

Boston Globe Publishes Fake Iraq Rape Pictures to have Americas Murdered (Again) - Thread 2

This latest lie against AMERICA was from none other than the bow-tied home of liar Jayson Blair =====> The Boston Globe.


More examples?

From The Boston Globe's (and New York Times') own wars against the War for Enduring Freedom.

Turkish bombings, including that of the HSBC bank murdering a dozen people and wounding scores,
directly resulted from smears in the Boston Globe used to demean America and incite terrorists.
The Boston Globe front page article claimed the American liberation of Iraq from the murderous Saddam was a "rape".


The Boston Globe has a history of front-page slurs against the valiant American military [which later were merely fabricated] [4/8/03]


The Boston Globe has a history of falsifying front page polls
BOSTON GLOBE FABRICATES FRONT-PAGE POLL [4/9/03]


“If she had lived (being abandoned alive in a submerged car driven by Sen Kennedy),
Mary Jo Kopechne would be 62 years old.
Through his tireless work as a legislator,
(Democrat) Edward Kennedy would have brought comfort to her in her old age.”

Charles Pierce, January 5, 2003 Boston Globe Magazine

9 posted on 05/14/2004 3:31:33 AM PDT by Diogenesis (We do what we are meant to do)
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To: Timesink; *CCRM; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; ...
Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING
10 posted on 05/14/2004 3:32:14 AM PDT by weegee (NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS. CNN ignored torture & murder in Saddam's Iraq to keep their Baghdad Bureau.)
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To: DeuceTraveler

Thank God, they don't have my email and I have caller ID so I won't be taking any phone calls from them.


11 posted on 05/14/2004 3:34:15 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Uday and Qusay are ead-day)
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To: Tommyjo

Seeing that this is from a geocities site I believe it can be shut down as it against their policy to have explicit pictures on their servers(if I'm not mistaken). But then again, he would just set himself up with another server.

I'll look at their "terms of service" policy statement...


12 posted on 05/14/2004 3:35:22 AM PDT by TwilightDog ("The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast"--Oscar Wilde)
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To: Tommyjo
Yeah, but the guy is clearly a nut-job. His disability probably involves hearing voices...

From his front page:

Forget the media hype about "Arab Hijackers" because there were none on board the aircraft on 9/11. Outrageous? Not at all. The four aircraft used in the attacks were hijacked electronically from the ground,

OK Joe, you loony SOB....

13 posted on 05/14/2004 3:35:32 AM PDT by whd23 (It's long past time to end the moon-worshipping death cult)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

It's also apparent that no one on the editorial staff of the Boston Globe was paying attention to statements from the US embassy in Egypt or questions asked at the White House press conference earlier this week.


14 posted on 05/14/2004 3:36:18 AM PDT by weegee (NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS. CNN ignored torture & murder in Saddam's Iraq to keep their Baghdad Bureau.)
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To: JohnHuang2
"Perhaps those expectations are par for the course in the Arab and Muslim world where hatred for the West runs deep. But how does one explain the reaction hatred for the West of the Boston Globe..."

"as we've seen with the history of these photos published by the Globe, they are not merely journalistic embarrassments, they truly hurt hope to destroy America's position in the war in Iraq and the broader war against Islamist terrorism."

15 posted on 05/14/2004 3:39:45 AM PDT by lonevoice (Some things have to be believed to be seen)
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To: JohnHuang2

Just following in their Idol’s footsteps. Cronkite would be proud.


17 posted on 05/14/2004 3:45:20 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: Tommyjo

As this fellow's main page is a geocities page and he has
sexually explicit material linked to it their policy guidelines for terms of service might have some bearing on his continued usage of that site:

The Yahoo! community experience is best when people follow a few rules. Here are some key ones to remember:


Do not harass, abuse, or threaten other members.
Do not post content that is obscene or otherwise objectionable.
Try to stay on topic. If you want to discuss a topic that is not related to the community area in which you are participating, try going to another topic area or create a new one.
Refrain from using these community services for commercial or advertising purposes.
Don't post copyrighted content without permission from the owner.
Adult-oriented content is permitted only in areas marked as "adult content" areas. You must be 18 years old or over to access these areas (for example, adult chat and adult groups). Note: Yahoo! GeoCities does not have an "adult content" area.

Yahoo! does not edit the content in our Yahoo! communities. Postings that violate the Terms of Service may be removed and lead to the deletion, without notice, of your Yahoo! ID and everything associated with it, including email accounts,groups, posts, homepages and profiles.

Please report any violations of the TOS to our Customer Care Team.

The email function for "customer care" seems to be down right now. It's at the end of the page here:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/guidelines/community.html


18 posted on 05/14/2004 3:46:33 AM PDT by TwilightDog ("The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast"--Oscar Wilde)
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To: TwilightDog

Thanks. He even openly publishes his bank account details:

Bank Name: Bank West
Account name: J. Vialls
BSB: 306-074
Account: 0574527

It is essentialy a scam. In similar fashion to the Nigerian e-mail scams people will still be stupid enough to make donations to his account. He's probably at this minute working on a story in reference to Nick Berg?


19 posted on 05/14/2004 3:47:05 AM PDT by Tommyjo
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Taken from a Fark thread on the same topic and too good to not repost here;

he got [the pictures]from the nation of islam, the folks who say there's a big spaceship orbiting the earth that's gonna kill whitey some day.

and the paper knew that? and didn't double check? and printed them anyway?

i'm sure there are plenty of burger flipping jobs for these editors to take

20 posted on 05/14/2004 3:47:42 AM PDT by swilhelm73
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