it's really important, if you're going to try to read "the news" in the MSM, to read with a very critical eye ... most of what passes for news is pure propaganda ... and when it's not, the quality of the reporting is often so poor that the writer's biases creep into the article as "facts" ...
the following is a well done "pick apart" of a recent NY Times article ... it does an excellent job demonstrating how the major themes of the article, passed off as "facts", are pure speculation that remain fully unsubstantiated ...
without an informed electorate, democracy becomes nothing but a front for fascism ... when the "fourth estate" does it job the way the NY Times does, we should call them fascists ...
check out the following "pick apart" to see how the NY Times is nothing but a mouthpiece for the bush regime ... the "pick aparts" are contained in angle brackets, i.e. <>, and are in
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http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/06/06/ana06038.htmlIran was neatly exploiting divisions among the Europeans and Russia, and speeding ahead with its enrichment of uranium. The president grimaced, one aide recalled, interpreting the look as one of exasperation "that said, 'O.K., team, what's the answer?' "
<Here, the NYT adopts the bizarre Bush penchant for running foreign policy based on body language. Note, that Bush didn’t say “'O.K., team, what's the answer?' " This is an anonymous source’s interpretation of Bush’s grimace. Doesn’t the NYT think that this is an odd way to determine foreign policy, from a president’s grimace? Apparently not. Doesn’t the NYT wonder why Bush didn’t actually say something? Apparently not.> <skip>
Mr. Lavrov warned that Iran could do what North Korea did in 2003 — throw out inspectors and abandon the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. That would close the biggest window into Iran's program, making it hard to assess its bomb capability — the same issue that had led to huge errors in Iraq.
<That’s not what led to huge errors in Iraq, as the NYT should know better than anyone. This is a factually misleading statement by the NYT. This accepts the White House cover story that errors in intelligence led to the war with Iraq, not lies and a determination to go to war no matter what.> <skip>
Mr. Bush, one aide noted, was receiving special intelligence assessments every morning, some on Iran's intentions, others examining Mr. Ahmadinejad's personality, still others exploring how long it would take Iran to produce a bomb.
<Yeah, sure. In August of 2001, Bush received a special intelligence assessment that Al-Qaeda was planning imminent hijackings in America, and he did nothing, promptly going on a month’s vacation. As a result, he blew the chance to prevent 9/11 by not taking special measures to prevent hijackings. Anyone who believes that Bush is reading all this information is on crack.>click here to read
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