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Scruffy1

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5. The paper of record is still just a paper.

Reply to sharedvalues (Original post)

Wed Sep 27, 2017, 11:55 PM

Sep 2017

When they got rid of Chris Hedges for telling the truth about the Iraq War I quit reading them. Like all papers, they will do anything to keep up their circulation. No one should ever trust the media. All you can say about any of it is that it might be true.

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Nate Silver (538) criticizes NYT/Haberman's reporting of Hillary's emails [View all] sharedvalues Sep 2017 OP

Yup, haberman was one of the worst still_one Sep 2017 #1

Her and Thrush are working on a Trump book and should not be covering him now for that reason... bettyellen Sep 2017 #2

epic stuff. JHan Sep 2017 #3

Yup. Epic stuff. Control-Z Sep 2017 #4

The paper of record is still just a paper. Scruffy1 Sep 2017 #5

My take on the NYT sharedvalues Sep 2017 #7

Good take n/t PDittie Sep 2017 #12

They started it all too. In 1992 they started in on White Water which sparked the Hillary and Bill Hamlette Sep 2017 #6

Yup. No NYT discussion re: HRC is complete without this Pierce piece sharedvalues Sep 2017 #8

Don't forget Judith Miller and Iraq. NYT too often gives platform to hyper-ambitious journalists... brush Sep 2017 #9

apologize to Hillary? They need to apologize to the COUNTRY. Skittles Sep 2017 #10

I'll never forgive the NYT for breathlessly reprinting excerpts of "Clinton Cash." SunSeeker Sep 2017 #11