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pay no attention to the 800-pound-gorilla...
http://www.thenation.com/blog/176001/nyt-cuts-references-aipac-syria-debate#axzz2dqdnGdLi
It was startling though not exactly surprising. Web detectives spotted it fairly easily. I saw it first from M.J. Rosenberg but perhaps someone else had earlier. The Daily Beast and others referred to the grafs before they were cut. The Boston Globe published it earlier in picking up The New York Times story, for example, and they still have it online.
This was cut from the Times' top story of the day, on their site and in print:
One administration official, who, like others, declined to be identified discussing White House strategy, called Aipac the 800-pound gorilla in the room, and said its allies in Congress had to be saying, If the White House is not capable of enforcing this red line against the catastrophic use of chemical weapons, were in trouble.
Update: All of the many changes in the story tracked here.
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(2,205 posts)JRLeft
(7,010 posts)This is ridiculous.