The NYT should print the stories they held back for Bush all these years

Like the fact that they KNEW the WH was involved with outing Plame, yet let Rove and Bush/Cheney lie about it for over 2 years so the public wouldn't hear it before the election.

The NYT had the story on Bush being wired during the debates, confirmed by NASA imaging scientists, but decided against printing it.

Can you add more?

I don't know what stories the NYT has that they haven't published, and neither do you. Please give at least one credible source with evidence that bushco was wired. In addition, reporters can suspect something but if they don't have sources and evidence, they can't print a story. Or are you advocating the Leopold/Blair school of journalism.

There were many threads about the FAIR press release at the time. Sorry you missed it. But, it's sweet of you to try and spin it against me as if somehow I am spreading a false story.

And my spouse works for a major news organization, so I hear about alot of stories that get suppressed. Most of DU is aware of that by now.

Press Release

New York Times Killed "Bush Bulge" Story

11/5/04

November 5, 2004


Five days before the presidential election, the New York Times killed a story about the mysterious object George W. Bush wore on his back during the presidential debates, journalist Dave Lindorff reveals in an exclusive report on this week's CounterSpin , FAIR's weekly radio show. The spiked story included compelling photographic and scientific evidence that would have contradicted Bush's claim that the bulge on his back was just a matter of poor tailoring.

"The New York Times assigned three editors to this story and had it scheduled to run five days before the election, which would have raised questions about the president's integrity," said Lindorff. "But it was killed by top editors at the Times ; clearly they were chickening out of taking this on before the election."

Lindorff says two other major newspapers, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times , also decided not to pursue the story, which featured a leading NASA satellite photo imaging scientist's analysis of pictures of the president’s back from the first debate.

The Times ' bulge story is the latest example of possible self-censorship by major news media during the election campaign. In September, CBS 's 60 Minutes decided to delay until after the election an investigative segment that questioned the Bush administration's use of forged Niger uranium documents in making its case for the Iraq war, saying that "it would be inappropriate to air the report so close to the presidential election" (New York Times , 9/25/04; FAIR Action Alert , 9/28/04).

And on September 10, CNN reporter Nic Robertson said of a CNN documentary on Saudi Arabia, "I don't want to prejudge our executives here at CNN ... but I think we can be looking forward to shortly after the U.S. elections." The segment is now scheduled to air this Sunday, five days after the election.

Lindorff first broke the story of "the bulge" in Salon (10/8/04). His latest report, "Was Bush Wired? Sure Looks Like It," was published October 30 on MotherJones.com (www.motherjones.com/news/update/2004/11/10_407.html ).

CounterSpin provides a critical examination of major media stories every week, exposing issues the mainstream press misses. It is heard on more than 130 noncommercial stations across the United States and Canada, and can also be heard on FAIR's website.

To listen to Lindorff's CounterSpin interview (available in Real Audio in MP3 format), go to: www.fair.org/counterspin/110504.html. The interview begins 17 minutes and 30 seconds into the show.

Why don't they do an expose on exactly how many Iraqis have been killed by America? Nope that is verboten.

Why not a several part investigative report on the bin Laden family connections to the CIA and the Bush family? Verboten too.

No the NYT will not print anything that will hurt these thugs.

They wouldn't even report about the Holocaust as it was happening.

Don

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I'll try and think of one, but for now, I'm so dazzled by the idea, I can barely think!

Maybe after my morning coffee....

TC

"Bush fury stems from vow made in 2001," WTF?? :wtf:

You mean his vow to anrthax anybody that prints something he doesn't like?

I guess they're sooooorry they made they made Junior shit his pants.

the NYT as a target to get his base riled up before the elections. Attacking the media is a good way to do it.

No need to print all the stories, unless it's a book, which would be a good idea too.

-Hoot

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First Amendment rights are being questioned...they blow up and decide to expose everything they have been hiding all these years...the Criminal-in-Chief and his henchmen are brought up on charges - (including my favorite, getting Cheney as the greatest war profiteer of all time - and those all their lousy asses in prison. And all the ass-licking cronies that have helped perpetuate the rape of America get their just punishment!

in all these stories - providing cover when you know the facts, is certainly complicity in my book.