Posted on 09/23/2008 10:22:46 PM PDT by pissant
News outlets as diverse as WCBS Radio; Newsday; Agence France-Presse; Fox News; The New York Sun; Russia's state news agency, RIA Novosti; and even the Voice of America elected to report on the anti-Iran rally held yesterday outside the United Nations.
The protest against Iran and its president, Ahmadinejad, was sponsored by the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, UJA/Federation. CAMERA, and a number of other groups. It featured such speakers as Natan Sharansky, Elie Wiesel, and the Speaker of Israel's Knesset.
Some of the reporting media included photos of the crowds and their protest signs, including Fox News, the New York Sun, and even the Voice of America, which was among those to include a crowd photo in its report.
The New York Times, however, chose a very different form of coverage. Banished to its "Metro" section, which does not reach beyond the New York City area, columnist Clyde Haberman was assigned to write up the protest rall, and did so in a mocking way -- accompanied by photos that showed not the protesting crowds, but scenes of litter being cleaned up afterward.
After mocking the people and groups who turned out to send a message to the world that Ahmadinejad's policies and nuclear ambitions cannot be tolerated, Haberman concluded by remarking:
"So it always seems to go when Mr. Ahmadinejad is in town. Chances are good that he will be here again next year. Maybe by then yet another group of New Yorkers will have figured out how to get it wrong."
Alongside the Haberman hit piece runs a column entitled "Reporter's Notebook,"which sought to single out a number of individual protesters and use them as examples to characterize the rallying crowd as, essentially, a group of weirdos.
They’re trying to diminish the huge gaffe committed by the stupid dems, who forced the organizers to withdraw Gov. Palin’s invitation when Hillary refused to show, by diminishing the entire event.
Palin wasn’t there, and the NYT still gave them grief. They just can’t catch a break....
You ever notice how pro-military and anti-abortion protestors are nuts while leftists protestors are concerned citizens actively participating in democracy.
Does the NY Times think it’s in Europe? Good grief, it’s as anti-American as it gets. What does the Times think Iran will do with the bomb once it has it? It’s about 50/50 that New York would be the first target if terrorists are ever given that bomb by Iran, and the Times acts like this is all one big lark. Seriously, these folks are dilusional to the point of being in need of a psychologist. It’s one thing to hate us, but they must hate themselves as well, if they think this is some joke.
Great point.
This - the New York Slimes refusal to cover things negative about or towards the Iranian Mullahs, events here OR in Iran - is NOT new.
When the Mullahs were making sure that Iranian reformers were blocked from getting elected to their Parliament any longer, a few years back, massive street protests in Tehran never happened - if your paper of record was the New York Slimes.
Did the NY Times favor Hitler as well? Need to research.....
I'm sure it's only a matter of time.
NYT has a history of supporting regimes of death and destruction, goes all the way back to Josef Stalin.
I can’t wait for the NYT to go out of business. In fact, I rejoice when the price of newsprint goes up.
I never thought I would live to see the day when an institution like the NYT would become so out of touch with reality.
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