"New York Times in Ruins"
It's a bootifull thang ...
Posted on 03/02/2006 8:59:32 AM PST by pissant
Excitable Times in Ruins! Did the New York Times really run a story last week headlined:
More Clashes Shake Iraq; Political Talks Are in Ruins
"Ruins"? Wow. That is embarrassing. ... The hed was repeated in the story's lede, which said that "political negotiations over a new government" were "in ruins." Funny thing, though--in today's NYT, negotiations seem to be going on again. Those Iraqi "ruins" get picked up pretty quickly. ... P.S.: I'm not saying Bill Keller's** headline and lede writers were amping up the Iraq hysteria in order to manufacture another Tet. Maybe they just have no judgment or perspective. It's bleeding obvious that when a Sunni delegation announces it is "suspending talks" in reaction to some awful sectarian attacks, that doesn't mean talks won't be un-suspended after a decent interval. ... In this case it took 48 hours. ... [Thanks to Mudville Gazette for pointing out the NYT howler.]
**--Keller's been in the editor's job long enough to be held responsible for the continuation of this chronic NYT story-tweaking problem. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
What are "hed" and "lede"???
Yeah...but...Kaus is only honest about his POV but he, like all liberals, ignore the facts 24/7/365 becasue they dont meet with their agenda.
headline and the lead paragraph, respectively.
I don't get Kaus. He can smell liberal groupthink a mile away, spends most of his creative energy calling it out (much more than he spends defending liberalism), yet stays with the libs. What is he, a masochist?
Kaus also bashed CBS over the Rathergate as well, even before it was made blatantly obvious. Unlike Kos and his ilk.
"New York Times in Ruins"
It's a bootifull thang ...
Damn ... I was hoping from the headline that some UAE Cargo 747 flew into the NYT building and it had colapsed killing everyone inside ... Oh well.
Must be. He and Joe Lieberman.
I hate to see that little uptick towards the end. ;o)
No, they are suffering a slow, painful death. It's much better.
I think he's one of those people -- and we all know them -- who stays in the Lib camp because he believes the (Lib-perpetuated) lie that that's where the "smart" people are. The good news is, fewer and fewer people are buying that one anymore.
Considering the amount of liberal stupidity he exposes on a regular basis, I can't imagine he believes that the left has a special claim on intelligence. Hey, I'm happy he is where is - I'm sure he has more "credibility" among leftists because he's "one of theirs," and may convince more readers that the Democratic Party / liberal media is in a profound state of malfunction. Some thoughtful columnist (NRO?) pointed out the other day that conservatism benefits from a "healthy" (i.e. not pathological) liberal party. To the extent that's possible.
yeh, that is worrisome, but no worries, mate, it's prolly just a dead cat bounce. :)
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