The Paper of Making Up the Record
Posted by: SayUncle
A rough week or so for the New York Times. Unsurprising to anyone, Maureen Dowd does what she does and quotes someone out of context. At least there’s no ellipsis. If you’re a columnist and your name has been turned into a verb, it’s not good.
The Times also takes good news about body armor in Iraq and turns it into bad news. Someone else decided to contact the Times’ source and their source was a bit miffed.
Krugman tells a whopper about the 2000 election. Commissar is right, Krugman must believe. Patterico has more.
And the Times totally blows it by mischaracterizing why a scientist on a panel preparing a report for the Bush administration resigned.
Update: Krugman continues to fib. Surely, Media Matters will be all over this.
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August 26th, 2005 at 3:33 pm
If you’re a columnist and your name has been turned into a verb, it’s not good.
Kevin and I sometimes say “you’ve been Uncled.” Is that bad?
August 26th, 2005 at 3:41 pm
Heh. Dunno, need a context. I guess that means I’ve linked to something in the extra crispy realm.