Don't Expect the New York Times to Highlight This 9-11 Commission Finding

...unless they can find some way to suggest that George Bush was the interim publisher of the Times in 1999:

At another point, on page 359, it describes how Jordan arrested 16 terrorists planning bombings in that country, including two U.S. citizens, but the news "only made page 13 of The New York Times."

In another brief shot at that paper, the report observes: "It is hard now to recapture the conventional wisdom before 9/11. For example, a New York Times article in April 1999 sought to debunk claims that Bin Laden was a terrorist leader, with the headline 'U.S. Hard Put to Find Proof Bin Laden Directed Attacks.'"

Was the New York Times asleep at the switch?

Did the New York Times take too many vacation days? Apparently they were on vacation, at least as regards terrorism, from 1996-2001.

Was the New York Times reading children's stories while it should have been on top of this issue?

The New York Times lied, people died...?

posted by Ace at 05:56 PM

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