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Octafish

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2. Fuck you New York Times.

Wed Jan 28, 2015, 09:03 AM

Jan 2015

You weren't arrogant. You were willing.

Judith Miller was one of the coalition, along with Scooter Libby, a full fledged Aspen.

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'We Were Arrogant': New York Times editor Dean Baquet: We failed to do our job after 9/11 [View all] kpete Jan 2015 OP

'Bout time! Scuba Jan 2015 #1

we ARE arrogant uhnope Jan 2015 #29

Fuck you New York Times. Octafish Jan 2015 #2

+1 merrily Jan 2015 #4

Octa Bravos for thee. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2015 #6

+1 navarth Jan 2015 #28

They are the big pipes of the mighty wurlitzer... Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #34

+ quatro hibbing Jan 2015 #45

DUer SoCalDem summed it up succintly with this cartoon Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #64

Bush Didn't Do His Job ON 911 billhicks76 Jan 2015 #50

And Because Of This Our Current Politicians Who Don't Question Are Not Worth A Dime billhicks76 Jan 2015 #51

You got that shit right. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author calimary Jan 2015 #57

I suspect they felt that they were too tough calimary Jan 2015 #58

They were fully fledged participants. Their mission was to convey misinformation Enthusiast Jan 2015 #65

"Not aggressive enough" is quite the understatement. You made Pravda look good. You still do. merrily Jan 2015 #3

I was thinking the same thing actually because the truth is they rolled over and cstanleytech Jan 2015 #36

Na Zdorovie! forest444 Jan 2015 #42

No reason to not do it now, of course. Brickbat Jan 2015 #5

You only have the blood of 1,000,000+ innocent Iraqis dripping from your KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #7

And nothing has changed as the NYT and others look away from Christian radicalism and denial Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #8

"Whiny, Table For One?" hatrack Jan 2015 #9

THIS^^^^ calimary Jan 2015 #59

Ya think??? Nay Jan 2015 #10

The MSM was complicit, not simply arrogant and not simply slow or human or anything else. nt deminks Jan 2015 #11

Two rules - Rule 1: Telling the truth is nothing compared to being able to keep their cushy jobs leveymg Jan 2015 #12

That's exactly it. closeupready Jan 2015 #18

ding, ding, ding kpete Jan 2015 #26

Or this Generic Other Jan 2015 #40

Barquet says the "next Snowden" should come to New York Times procon Jan 2015 #13

And the Times will hold off publishing it until *after* the next relevant election KeepItReal Jan 2015 #16

Nobody knew how many times Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed had been waterboarded malaise Jan 2015 #14

I did a double take on that sentence as well. KittyWampus Jan 2015 #55

"And we still are." nt bemildred Jan 2015 #15

Talk is cheap. Not impressed. closeupready Jan 2015 #17

So funny. NYT is not being aggressive enough on several issues TODAY. *cough* TPP *cough* stillwaiting Jan 2015 #19

Blah, blah, blah. We are the .01%. Blah, blah, blah. nt valerief Jan 2015 #20

Why I no longer subscribe. Abject failure to be a newspaper. Just a mouthpiece for the PTB. on point Jan 2015 #21

Don't apologize to us, apologize to the 4000 plus families missing a son or daughter or mother Rex Jan 2015 #22

Yeah, thanks for this bullshit confession after nearly 5000 American deaths, Downtown Hound Jan 2015 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2015 #24

No date given for a return to responsible journalism? Orsino Jan 2015 #25

More like compliment intimidated and probably blackmailed underpants Jan 2015 #27

it's what happens when install a nitwit into the White House Skittles Jan 2015 #30

Finally. I'm still waiting for the LA Times to admit its fault in its sloppy reporting on the pre- JDPriestly Jan 2015 #31

Yeah, like "They hate us for our freedom".... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #32

geez heaven05 Jan 2015 #33

As another reply already said, it wasn't arrogance, but complicity. They knew what they were doing dissentient Jan 2015 #35

And oh Dear God we can't lose our precious ACCESS!!!! calimary Jan 2015 #60

And you still suck on so many other levels....ack. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #37

we were fing saying this then. too little and too late samsingh Jan 2015 #38

They shouted us all down with vitriol and such a sense of superiority Generic Other Jan 2015 #39

Well said... KoKo Jan 2015 #41

Your memory of that time is undoubtedly similar to mine! Generic Other Jan 2015 #43

http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xap1/t51.2885-15/10661278_690549904368166_1036940458_a.jp blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #44

That's behind us. Are you agressive enough to ask H. Clinton why she betrayed the country rhett o rick Jan 2015 #46

Yep. Only 3 choices in Iraq war crime for HRH: Complicit, Conned, Corrupt on point Jan 2015 #70

She shares a heavy responsibility for the deaths of our troops and Iraqi people. She rhett o rick Jan 2015 #72

Sorry we left all you anti war people hanging out there.. mountain grammy Jan 2015 #47

I HATE this kind of crap. THEY KNEW THEN. WinkyDink Jan 2015 #48

KnR Hekate Jan 2015 #49

NO SHIT! sakabatou Jan 2015 #52

How Painful! McKim Jan 2015 #53

Arrogant???...they allowed their reporters to LIE us into Iraq.... KoKo Jan 2015 #54

What's this "enough" shit? They weren't aggressive AT ALL!! arcane1 Jan 2015 #56

SMH Mr Dixon Jan 2015 #61

Of course this is the same Baquet that Greenwald smeared mercilessly Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #62

They knew the war was profiteering polynomial Jan 2015 #63

If they were sincere. They would start Enthusiast Jan 2015 #67

the media was treacherous, corrupt, stupid, bullies, and many other things after 911 samsingh Jan 2015 #68

Thank the Goddess libodem Jan 2015 #69

Begging for forgiveness should never be a fall back position Baitball Blogger Jan 2015 #71