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NY Times issues two new corrections to Issa ‘hit piece’

08/26/2011 12:18:57 PM PDT · by Mount Athos · 21 replies
Daily Caller ^ | 08/26/2011 | Matthew Boyle

Eleven days after publishing what Rep. Darrell Issa called an Â“error-riddenÂ” Â“hit pieceÂ” about him, The New York Times has issued two more corrections to its reporting in the story. The Times now says the August 15 article used Â“erroneous informationÂ” to allege foul play on IssaÂ’s part because he withdrew much of his family foundationÂ’s assets from the stock market several months before it crashed. Reporter Eric Lichtblau used faulty documentation to allege that IssaÂ’s family foundation Â“earned $357,000 on an initial investment of less than $19,000 Â– a return of nearly 1,900 percent in just seven months, the...
‘Pit Bull’ of the House Latches Onto Immigration

07/10/2006 8:21:35 PM PDT · by Oshkalaboomboom · 20 replies · 950+ views
NY Times ^ | 7/10/06 | Mark Leibovich

Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. has no tolerance for illegal immigrants, either in his political life or personal life. “My housekeeper in Wisconsin was born in Wisconsin,” says Mr. Sensenbrenner, the Republican congressman and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. “My housekeeper here is a naturalized U.S. citizen from Nicaragua.” Mr. Sensenbrenner is so loath to risk dealing with illegal immigrants that when his Cadillacs need cleaning, he prefers do-it-yourself car washes that require tokens. “They don’t have Montezuma’s picture on the front of them,” Mr. Sensenbrenner says of the tokens. He is sitting in his Capitol Hill office dominated...
Portrait of George Bush in '72: Unanchored in Turbulent Time

09/19/2004 11:25:27 PM PDT · by Former Military Chick · 29 replies · 923+ views
NY Times ^ | September 20, 2004 | SARA RIMER

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"/> September 20, 2004MILITARY SERVICEPortrait of George Bush in '72: Unanchored in Turbulent TimeBy SARA RIMER his article was reported by Sara Rimer, Ralph Blumenthal and Raymond Bonner and written by Ms. Rimer. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 17 - Nineteen seventy-two was the year George W. Bush dropped off the radar screen. He abandoned his once-prized status as a National Guard pilot by failing to appear for a required physical. He sought temporary reassignment from the Texas Air National Guard to an Alabama unit but for six months did not show up for training. He...

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Keyword: nythitpiece

NY Times issues two new corrections to Issa ‘hit piece’

‘Pit Bull’ of the House Latches Onto Immigration

Portrait of George Bush in '72: Unanchored in Turbulent Time