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Jim Beard

(2,535 posts) Tue Jan 13, 2015, 06:18 PM Jan 2015

Once again, the Washington post is right and the New York Times gets it wrong

Just as the days of Watergate when the Washington Post showed guts, the New York Times is showing what it is like to be a coward. I also remember when the Times cow towed to the Bush administration and washed Judith Millers feet every day.

The Post published Charlies cover, the NYT hide in the broom closet.

What the New Your times said and is agreed by CNN...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/14/world/europe/new-charlie-hebdo-cover-creates-new-questions-for-us-news-media.html

New Charlie Hebdo Cover Creates New Questions for U.S. News Media

(Actually they are the ones creating the question to deflect)

The WASHINGTON POST publishes the cover

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/12/charlie-hebdo-reveals-next-cover-a-cartoon-of-prophet-muhammad-behind-the-sign-je-suis-charlie/

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Once again, the Washington post is right and the New York Times gets it wrong (Original Post) Jim Beard Jan 2015 OP

Cool, finally. 4139 Jan 2015 #1

Which is why I have since dropped my subscription and refuse to buy the paper any longer on point Jan 2015 #2

The hypocrisy of Fox and CNN. SunSeeker Jan 2015 #3

Yet the NY Times published an image of a crucifix in piss. Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #4

No problen in New York on the other hand Jim Beard Jan 2015 #5

CBS Evening News showed it Jim Beard Jan 2015 #6

4139

(1,893 posts)

1. Cool, finally.

Reply to Jim Beard (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 06:39 PM

Jan 2015

on point

(2,506 posts)

2. Which is why I have since dropped my subscription and refuse to buy the paper any longer

Reply to Jim Beard (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 07:00 PM

Jan 2015

SunSeeker

(51,728 posts)

3. The hypocrisy of Fox and CNN.

Reply to Jim Beard (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 07:04 PM

Jan 2015

They, more than anyone else, headlined the story about Obama "not standing with France" at the Sunday march, but when it actually came to standing with France--not to mention actually doing their job and reporting the news--these media outlets utterly failed.

This Charlie Hebdo cover is news, does not come even close to being considered unprintable under US standards and should have been shown by these outlets. Instead, they cowered and let the terrorists dictate what we can see in our media. Disgusting.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

4. Yet the NY Times published an image of a crucifix in piss.

Reply to Jim Beard (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 07:06 PM

Jan 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/arts/art-shock.html#/#serrano

I wonder how they decide which groups it is OK to offend?

Jim Beard

(2,535 posts)

5. No problen in New York on the other hand

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 07:22 PM

Jan 2015

if it had been critical of other very large, diverse population of other religions, then there may have been problems. The US Christian population is diluted in New York.

It did show the Times was not completely coward.

Jim Beard

(2,535 posts)

6. CBS Evening News showed it

Reply to Jim Beard (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 07:36 PM

Jan 2015

Good for them!

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