NYTimes Sues US For Refusing To Reveal Secret Interpretation Of Patriot Act

Re:NYTimes Sues US For Refusing To Reveal Secret Interpretat... by grandalf on Monday October 10, 2011 @06:38PM (#3096185)

Uh, the NY Times is the closest thing we have to an official government newspaper, so I think you're severely mistaken if you think this counts as holding government accountable.

The NY Times convinced a lot of people to support the Iraq war when it ran its poorly fact-checked story fed to its reporter by propagandists funded by the CIA. I remember how profoundly my view of the Iraq situation changed when I read all of that in the paper I trusted at the time.

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Re:NYTimes Sues US For Refusing To Reveal Secret Interpretat... by RexRollman on Monday October 10, 2011 @07:53PM (#3096414)

Did you really believe that the New York Times was infallible?

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Re:NYTimes Sues US For Refusing To Reveal Secret Interpretat... by grandalf on Monday October 10, 2011 @09:06PM (#3096603)

It's not a question of fallibility. It's a question of how propaganda functions in society. The Times has become a voice for the powerful interests in the US.

Judith Miller's "mistakes" were hugely influential to me because I was naive... similarly I think those who believe this lawsuit means anything are similarly naive.

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