AN OBSCENE OMISSION (NY POST SLAMS NYT)

NY Post through Yahoo News ^ | 11/4/05 | NY POST EDITORIAL

[chet_in_ny]

There is saintliness in a soldier's prospective acceptance of an honorable death in combat. To diminish such a deed, especially in service of a political agenda, approaches sacrilege. ADVERTISEMENT

So it was with the manner in which The New York Times last week noted the death of Cpl. Jeffrey Starr, USMC, of Snohomish, Wash., who was killed in Ramadi on April 30 during his third tour of duty in Iraq.

The young Marine's death was a centerpiece in the Times' coverage of America's 2,000th combat death in Iraq.

The newspaper's overview of the war is no secret: To hear the Times tell it, Americans are being slaughtered for no reason in an unjust war.

To bolster its argument, the Times last week publicly slandered the memory of a genuine American hero — Cpl. Starr.

In a profile of multiple-tour vets, the Times wrote about Starr — who served in the First Battalion of the Fifth Marine Regiment — and quoted from a letter to his girlfriend found on his computer after his death. "I kind of predicted this," it read, referring to his death. "A third time just seemed like I'm pushing my chances."

There it is — dark, foreboding, pessimistic, without any suggestion that he believed he was in Iraq for a valid purpose.

But, as columnist Michelle Malkin disclosed on these pages two days ago, after hearing from Starr's family, there was more to his letter — much more.

[chet_in_ny]

Slimes exposure

[Doctor Raoul]

Jason Blair Never Left

[L98Fiero]

Blair just did what he was taught from his seniors in the newsroom.

[VeniVidiVici]

This really takes the cake. I hope that one day we can take down the NYT. I'm just beside myself that they would use this brave man's death for propaganda.

[austinaero]

Well the Times believes they were fair but they I noticed they aren't touching the "accurate" description with a ten foot pole.

And what's with the reporter's arrogant attitude questioning the opinion of people who haven't been to Iraq? Double helping of elitism on that one.

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you Corporal Jeffrey Starr, USMC. You have my utmost respect.

[peyton randolph]

Funny how the NY Times crowd portrays Bush as stupid. We know that the current publisher inherited the paper, is dumber than a stump, and primary goal is to promote homosexuality. Who is the fool? It ain't Bush.

[DoughtyOne]

The leftist media (represented here by the NYT) in this nation has no shame.

Posted separately on purpose. The NYT should not appear in the same post as the name of this fine member of the USMC.

[Rummyfan]

There is no other thing to call this than OBSCENE!

The Times truly has no shame, and even less credibility.

[Pharmboy]

You got that right---even with the incredible Sulzberger/NYC/intelligentsia connections, Pinch could still not get into Columbia. If he was a B student in high school and had SATs of 1000 I'm sure he would have gotten in.

[kstewskis]

"I don't regret going," he wrote. "Everybody dies — but few get to do it for something as important as freedom."

This soldier is indeed a hero.

He sounds like another fellow we've heard about:

"Every man dies, not every man lives"

[HangnJudge]

	I would love to know how much Islamist money has been funneled into the New York Times and it's corporate parent...

	I would love to know how much Islamist money has been funneled into the New York Times and it's corporate parent...

[soloNYer]

I think it will happen, and the take down has begun. Never before has this loony paper been challenged to the extent it is now, and it will have to bow to pressure and even out its bias or slowly die under the weight of constant criticism and alternate news sources. I doubt the former and am relishing the latter...

[R. Scott]

Blair just did what he was taught from his seniors in the newsroom.

The New York Times – through its editors and senior reporters – are following in the footsteps of that Great Icon of anti-American Reporting, Walter Cronkite. What I find troubling about many of these pro-Jihadists is their absolute faith that what they are doing is right. If they wrote and published anything even remotely pro-American they think they might be viewed as being Government Stooges. They feel it is better to be seen as the terrorists’ stooges.

[Cicero]

I think we should remember the name of the reporter who did this, James Dao.

He seems to have no particular qualifications for writing about Iraq, contrary to his snide comment, beyond the fact that he's one of Pinch's designated political hitmen. His specialty is praising Democrat politicians, attacking Republicans, and pushing the "gay rights" agenda. Evidently his only interest in or knowledge about Iraq is that it's a useful tool for attacking President Bush and the War on Terror.

For some typical articles by this twit, written in 2004, see Times Watch:

http://www.timeswatch.org/topicindex/D/dao_james/welcome.asp

[Victoria Delsoul]

Jeffrey Starr's final letter speaks as persuasively and convincingly — yet simply — as anything else that has been spoken or written about why the war was rightly named Operation Iraqi Freedom.

His words are an eternal testimonial to the heroic tradition of the United States Marine Corps and to the enduring nobility of his unqualified — indeed, saintly — personal sacrifice.

The disgraceful abridgement published by The New York Times profanes Cpl. Starr's heroism; that the newspaper seems not to understand what it has done is equally shocking.

Amen. You're right, Karen. Good point.

[HangnJudge]

"They say Knight-Ridder doesn't have a plan. Actually they do, " Ferrick said in an interview. "They are going to jettison the old, shoot the young and … torture the survivors, which, come to think of it, seems to be an industrywide plan."

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-newspapers10oct10,0,2454830.story?coll=la-home-business

[R. Scott]

An industrywide circulation drop of 1.9% for the six months ended in March was one of the biggest in recent times and continued a fairly consistent two-decade decline. Daily newspaper circulation has fallen nearly 9 million from its 1984 peak of 63.3 million, while the U.S. population has grown by about 58 million. The country lost 306 daily papers, 17% of the total, between 1960 and last year.

“The association also presented information from Nielsen/NetRatings that showed the enormous audiences available online, including, for example, 12.8 million unique individuals who visited the New York Times Web pages in a recent month…” - which includes a lot of people like us who open a link, not to be educated by the Great NYT, but to see just how bad it has become. The bulk of the article shows that the publishers don’t have a clue as to why they are in a decline. They continue to curse the Internet, and continue trying to “educate” the ignorant masses about the joys of socialism and the evils of the USA and the Republican Party.

[Zon]

Oh well... Another 500 - 1,000 people just cancled there NYT subscription.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Freedom is a something that the maggots who work for the Leftist NYT will never fully understand. They think freedom comes from Darwin or Gaia or some other mythical entity and that it cannot be taken away from them. That kind of thinking is an indicator of an ignorant person with a very low level of intelligence.