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The Record of the Paper: How the New York Times Misreports US Foreign Policy
The Record of the Paper How the New York Times Misreports US Foreign Policy Author:Howard Friel, Richard Falk New York Times journalism under the microscope. — When the New York Times finally apologized for its coverage of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in 2004, it was too late. The newspaper had already supported the invasion. The Bush administration was not only violating international law, it was lying to the public, using maj... more »or media like the Times to spread its message.
This indicting study of fifty years of editorial policy at the Timesincluding its coverage of Vietnam, the Sandinista government of Nicaragua, the 2002 temporary overthrow of Hugo Chávez in Venezuelaquestions the integrity of the world's most widely read news source, and demands that its journalistic practices live up to our expectations for how the press should function in a country supposedly governed by the rule of law.« less