before election traitorous NYTs cut out smirk bulge article

[donsu]

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2012


The Emperor's New Hump
The New York Times killed a story that could have changed the election—because it could have changed the election


-snip-

One week before Election Day, the Times (10/25/04) ran a hard-hitting and controversial exposé of the Al-Qaqaa ammunition dump—identified by U.N. inspectors before the war as containing 400 tons of special high-density explosives useful for aircraft bombings and as triggers for nuclear devices, but left unguarded and available to insurgents by U.S. forces after the invasion.

On Thursday, just three days after that first exposé, the paper was set to run a second, perhaps more explosive piece, exposing how George W. Bush had worn an electronic cueing device in his ear and probably cheated during the presidential debates.

-snip-

That the story hadn’t gotten more serious treatment in the mainstream press was largely thanks to a well-organized media effort by the Bush White House and the Bush/Cheney campaign to label those who attempted to investigate the bulge as "conspiracy buffs" (Washington Post, 10/9/04). In an era of pinched budgets and an equally pinched notion of the role of the Fourth Estate, the fact that the Kerry camp was offering no comment on the matter—perhaps for fear of earning a "conspiracy buff" label for the candidate himself—may also have made reporters skittish. Jeffrey Klein, a founding editor of Mother Jones magazine, told Mother Jones (online edition, 10/30/04) he had called a number of contacts at leading news organizations across the country, and was told that unless the Kerry campaign raised the issue, they couldn’t pursue it.

"Totally off base"

The Times’ effort to get to the bottom of the matter through a serious investigation seemed to be a striking exception. That investigation, however, despite extensive reporting over several weeks by three Times reporters, never ran. Now, like the mythic weapons of mass destruction that were the raison d’etre for the Iraq War, the Times is thus far claiming that the Bush Bulgegate story never existed in the first place.

-snip-
--------------------------------------

this is a long article that includes this:

Spiking the Bush Bulge Story:
Confirmed

As Extra! went to press, New York Times public editor Daniel Okrent posted a message on his website (12/21/04) confirming that his paper had, in fact, killed a story about the device under George W. Bush’s suit. Here is the text of Okrent’s message:
--------------------------


the murder of america continue.

[LiberalFighter]

1. That is unprofessional

Leading news organizations across the country, and was told that unless the Kerry campaign raised the issue, they couldn’t pursue it.

Since when has a newspaper NEVER pursued a story because someone not involved in a story didn't raise the issue?

[Botany]

2. Liberal Media??

My ASS. On 11/3/04 I called the times and tried to and finally got to talk to
a reporter about fraud in Ohio ...... I had proof ...... all he had to do was call
the # for the Ohio Voter Protection Line and try to connect with the fraud protection
line and he could have heard a "hack" into the line so as to keep people from being able to report. The NYT never has had one word about it.

According to them we are internet crazies who live in a world of "fantasy."

That bulge in *'s back was there for all to see and his, "let me answer that." phrase
was caught but ....... * is sworn back in and millions watch "American Ideal" as the
dead pile up like cord wood.


Long Live the Boxer Rebellion

:bounce:

[ucmike]

3. unfortunately, the drones still would've voted for him.

the disaster in iraq, the fraud of the 2000 election, the economy slipping away, the attack on the enviroment, the coddling of corrupt corporations.....none of these mattered to his voters. a little tech cheating at a debate they thought he won anyway wouldn't even have slowed them down on their way to elect the clown king.

[49jim]

4. You know.....even with help

* lost the debate!