Jeremy lassen (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jlassen) wrote,@ 2008-05-06 01:44:00 |
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Michael Gordon is at it again
Bad reporting. Bad reporter. Bad article that violates the NYTimes own standards on anonymous sources. Bad editors. This is why I have such a hate on for "the Media" and "journalists." It's 2003 all over again, but now its Iran who's got the aluminum-tube-yellowcake-ties-to-al-qued
Bad Journalism 101: Mindless parrot anonymous "administration officials" without any outside corroboration, nor any other evidence, or contradictory views. NY times print article then becomes a talking point for the cable news networks...
Now we just have to wait for the administration to point to "numerous news articles" confirming the governments claims about Iran. Clearly the Times has either a) learned nothing or b) is perfectly happy to be a propaganda organ for government war mongers if it means flashy headlines. Yellow journalism is alive and well at the NY Times.
Bad reporting. Bad reporter. Bad article that violates the NYTimes own standards on anonymous sources. Bad editors. This is why I have such a hate on for "the Media" and "journalists." It's 2003 all over again, but now its Iran who's got the aluminum-tube-yellowcake-ties-to-al-qued
Bad Journalism 101: Mindless parrot anonymous "administration officials" without any outside corroboration, nor any other evidence, or contradictory views. NY times print article then becomes a talking point for the cable news networks...
Now we just have to wait for the administration to point to "numerous news articles" confirming the governments claims about Iran. Clearly the Times has either a) learned nothing or b) is perfectly happy to be a propaganda organ for government war mongers if it means flashy headlines. Yellow journalism is alive and well at the NY Times.
