The alleged war atrocity that the NYTimes can't substantiate

michellemalkin.com ^ | December 04, 2006 | Michelle Malkin

[WBL 1952]

This morning, the New York Times' Tom Zeller--one of the few on the case--follows up his blog coverage with an article that calls for separating "hyperbole from horror." Unfortunately, Zeller's article doesn't succeed at doing so--and has left the impression that he is, as Lucianne.com writes, "sneering at the blogosphere." Left out of the article, as Allah notes, is Zeller's discovery that the NYTimes reporter in Iraq could not substantiate the story. Zeller published the little-noticed e-mail he received from Times reporter Ed Wong on his blog last week:

[WBL 1952]

People need to stop reading AP reports out of Iraq. They are as phony as a $3 bill.

[MNJohnnie]

Mega Dittos!

[MNJohnnie]

Maybe the Free Republic Terrorist Cheerleaders might want to read this thread before hypervenatlating over anymore Junk Media reports on Iraq.

[Mr. K]

hey - don't you know the rules?

[ClaireSolt]

Every drumbeat report ended with the damning assertion that Iraqi miitary looked on and did nothing. Surely, authorities can track them down and see what they say. Who were the soldiers who watched?

[tobyhill]

Great, now we have the cons trying to substantiate the cons. From the bright side, the Slimes would definitely know a fraud when they see it.

[TexKat]

It's Official: Media Body Burning Story is Bogus (Shiite vs. Sunni)