Duke Case: Will Pigs Fly?
Just a play off the title of this piece in the New York Post - which savages their feloow New York paper, the New York bird-cage liner - er - Times over the latter's "news" about the Duke lacrosse fraudulent rape charges.
Duke Case: Will The Times Apologize?
…..Worst of all, this story so neatly fit the radical agenda of our "newspaper of record," The New York Times, that the paper disgustingly advanced the hoax on its front page, long after other media outlets had backed off.
In a case of "all the lies fit to print," the paper on Aug. 25 affected an air of Timesian authority in a damning article, spoon-fed by DA Nifong. It tried to put to rest some of the alarming inconsistencies in the accuser's story about the night she was "attacked."
"While there are big weaknesses in Mr. Nifong's case, there is also a body of evidence to support his decision to take the matter to a jury," quoth the Times. And, "The full files, reviewed by The New York Times, contain evidence stronger than that highlighted by the defense."
Will the Times make reparations now?
But there is no repairing three damaged lives.
No, I rather suspect that there will be much high-fiving over the sacking of Don Imus for his admittedly stupid and offensive comments, but not a peep of an apology to the young men who's lives they willfully tried to ruin in pursuit of their own agenda. (Astute readers will note that I very, very seldom quote the Times these days. Frankly, sorting out their distortions from reality is damn near impossible. I no longer consider the New York Times to be a credible news source for much of anything. THere may be an exception or two, but in general, they just are not worse the time.)
By ted goldman, Friday, 13 April , 2007 @ 9:09 am
“Never explain, never apologize”.
Imus would still be blabbering and frothing at the mouth if he only followed the practices of the Main Stream Media.
By deeblemind, Friday, 13 April , 2007 @ 9:16 am
NY Times. Tabloid journalism. I marvel at the number of people on the Right that take the NY Times seriously.
By Bleepless, Friday, 13 April , 2007 @ 7:45 pm
Will Hollywood go sane? Will Castro sing The Star-Spangled Banner? Will Sadr City host a Hadassah picnic? Will Chavez enforce the Bill of Rights? Will Japan compensate the comfort women? Will China establish the rule of law? Will Abraham Lincoln turn out to have been a space alien?