Does the NYT ask Bush and his minions for permission to publish everything?

[NNN0LHI]

Or was it just the spying on Americans stories? I bet its everything. I wonder if the NYT asked if it was alright to run all those bogus front page Iraq WMD stories?

Don

[gratuitous]

1. Careful! Don't tip the Repressive Right's hand

In that famous little give-and-take from last week, the liberal radio host asked the pinhead conservative whether the Bush administration should have the right to prior approval of everything published or aired in the media. Pinhead called a lot of names, put on a lot of fake indignation, and ultimately stormed off in the middle of the discussion, but he never quite got around to saying that the government shouldn't have the right of prior restraint of publication.

Makes me think they'd really like to see every media bulletin and story vetted first by the White House. Well, their White House, at least.

[global1]

5. Oh - I Like It - Call Liberals = Progressives and Call Conservatives = ...

Repressives.

kick this

[emulatorloo]

2. Sorry, not in the mood to join the repugs in their NYT Witch Hunt

can't we attack a Mudoch newspaper instead?

[NNN0LHI]

3. Yes its better to stick ones head in the sand and believe what one is told

Easier that way. Thinking is hard work.

Don

[emulatorloo]

4. Don't be ridiculous -

The Times will pay a long time for the Judith Miller Fiasco.

OTOH they still do some good reporting on occasion.

Like the munitions dump story right before the 04 election, to name one example.

I just don't see the point of running around with a lighted torch and pitchfork -- is this some way to be bipartisan with the screaming republicans?

They appear to have infuriated the Repugnants and Baby Bush, and to me that's a good thing.


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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1534613

and another:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1534599

[NNN0LHI]

8. The Republicans appear to be trying to rehabilitate the NYT credibility

They are protesting too much about meaningless crap right now. Its obvious. They need the NYT again for something? Wish I had a nickel for every time someone cited the NYT about Iraq's WMDs on the lead up to the war as the real deal here at DU.

I have seen this movie before.

Don

[cali]

9. The movie is

The Twilight Zone, produced and directed by no other than you.

Yeah, they screwed up big time with that skank Miller, but there were also articles and editorials running contrary to her reporting. In addition, they get it right far more often than not. Now how about all those reporters and oped writers I listed in my earlier post, are they all in on this nefarious plan too?

[cali]

6. When you accuse the NYT of being an administration

lapdog, you accuse: John Burns, Dexter Filkins, Eric Lichtblau, Linda Greenhouse, Rick Lyman, Edward Wong, Lizette Alvarez. Eric Lifton, Frank Rich, Paul Krugman, Bob Herbert, Maureen Down, Nicholas Kristof, and others.

In the last couple of days alone the NYT has had examples of terrific investigative reporting and editorial writing. They've slammed bushco on policy, and no other paper has written more- both in the news section and the editorial section- on the dangers of Unitary Executive power.

[Chiyo-chichi]

7. Yes, they must get approval on every story.

Like a high school journalism student must get permission from his restrictive principal.