Julie Hyland The posting by WikiLeaks of some 92,000 secret documents on the Afghanistan war, together with the coverage of this material in the Guardian, the New York Times and Der Spiegel, has sparked widespread comparisons with the leaking nearly 40 years ago…
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The New York Times and the Afghan documents
Tagged with: new york times, war diary, war logs, Wikileaks
Posted in Afghanistan, Censorship, Op/Ed, Reports/Studies/Books
Posted in Afghanistan, Censorship, Op/Ed, Reports/Studies/Books
Wikileaks: Hundreds Of Afghanistan Civilians Killed By Coalition Forces
So this is what had the Wikileaks founder so jumpy. No wonder the government wanted to keep this under wraps: A huge cache of secret US military files today provides a devastating portrait of the failing war in Afghanistan, revealing how coalition forces…
Tagged with: Der Spiegel, insurgency, new york times, The Guardian, whistleblower, Wikileaks
Posted in Afghanistan, Attacks on Civilians, Journalism, Military, Reports/Studies/Books, Top Secret, War Crimes
Posted in Afghanistan, Attacks on Civilians, Journalism, Military, Reports/Studies/Books, Top Secret, War Crimes
Mission Impossible
On the fifth anniversary of George W. Bush’s infamous stroll across the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, The New York Times asked a group of “experts” how they would accomplish the mission in Iraq. Unfortunately, the newspaper turned…
Busted: New York Times revises own history on Iraq war
Paper later apologized for exaggerating Saddam threat Senator Hillary Clinton earned the endorsement of the New York Times of her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president in a Friday editorial. But in giving the New York lawmaker their nod,…
Tagged with: Hillary Clinton, new york times
Posted in Bush Adminisration, Censorship, Congress, History, Intelligence, Iraq War, Journalism, War on Terror, Western Media
Posted in Bush Adminisration, Censorship, Congress, History, Intelligence, Iraq War, Journalism, War on Terror, Western Media
Murdoch’s Iowa Edits?
I just picked up office copies of today’s New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, with an eye to comparing their coverage of a historic night. The Post and Times were falling all over themselves to broadcast the…
Tagged with: new york times, Rupert Murdoch, wall street jouranl, washington post
Posted in Censorship, Elections, Money, Politics, Western Media
Posted in Censorship, Elections, Money, Politics, Western Media
Moderate Observer 