March 2012 Archive

Iraq “Shock & Awe” Anniversary, War Games on Iran & More…

Danny Schechter un-spins select stories from the day’s New York Times for his NYTX News Dissector Column. Today’s report focuses on media discussion, or lack of, the 2003, March 19 U.S. air war on Iraq, U.S. war games on Iran, Times hypocrisy on sources, and more...

What ‘U.S. War Games’ Against Iran Reveal About ‘Dire Consequences’

By Michael McGehee: Today the New York Times published a revealing page one article by Mark Mazzetti and Thom Shanker under the headline “U.S. War Game ...

Journalism 101 Comes to the New York Times

By Marie Burns: I have been highly critical of the New York Times and other news outlets for their stenographic approach to journalism: their copying out of political ...

NYT’s Anonymous Drone Defenders

By Peter Hart: There is a big piece in the New York Times yesterday on the U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan. And, as has been the case before, the U.S. perspective comes via anonymous government officials...

The New York Times Continues to Hide Severe Human Rights Violations in Turkey

By Taylan Tosun: As far as I’m concerned The New York Times’s coverage of the oppression of journalists in Turkey does not primarily stem from the fact that the US is uncomfortable ‘with Turkey’s independent politics’.