Lying by the Times vs lying by government; censorship in Iraq

["Eli Stephens" <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Libertarian Justin Raimondo on the scandal at the NY Times vs. the scandal
of official lying:
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Let's see: a con-man makes up a few non-facts, invents some quotes, and
passes off his minor lies as legitimate news over a period of some 18
months. Result : the executive editor and the managing editor of America's
newspaper of record resign in disgrace . On the other hand, U.S. and British
government officials, over roughly the same time period, concoct a series of
cock-and-bull stories about Iraqi "weapons of mass destruction," and
systematically lie to the American people in order to bamboozle them into an
unnecessary war . Result: nobody resigns, or is asked to resign. Meanwhile,
the same people hailing the downfall of Howell Raines are busy making
excuses for George W. Bush and the neoconservative cabal who lied us into
war.

We're now supposed to ignore the media because they're unreliable. Listen to
the government: they know what's best. That's the whole point of the current
campaign to debunk not only the Times but the supposedly "liberal" media.
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The article also has some good analysis over the imposition of censorship
(a.k.a. US oversight) on the Iraqi media.

Full: http://www.antiwar.com/justin/justincol.html

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