In its zeal to lob grenades at the Bush administration, the NYT gets its comeuppance for shoddy journalism for the second time in a week:
For the second time in less than a week, The New York Times today admitted to a serious error in a story. On Saturday it said it had misidentified a man featured in the iconic "hooded inmate" photograph from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Today it discloses that a woman it profiled on March 8 is not, in fact, a victim of Hurricane Katrina--and was arrested for fraud and grand larceny yesterday.
The Paper of Record hadn't done even the minimum in factchecking on this Katrina "victim" before opening its pages to her railings against the federal government.
There sure are a lot of rubes and hayseeds taking tumbles off turnip trucks at the Times these days. If I didn't know better, I'd swear it's the first time those editors and reporters ever had shoes on their feet.
(Via Lucianne.)
Posted by floridacracker at March 23, 2006 11:48 AMYep, another 'All the news that fits our perceptions' story from the Gray Lady.
Not really meaning to project here but it appears the Times is more than a bit senile, from the editorial staff down to the reporters beating the bushes (intended) for bad news.
Posted by: Gmac at March 23, 2006 03:05 PMI don't think it's senility, I think it's zealotry. Every bad thing someone could say about the Bush administration sounds plausible to them.
If they start making these mistakes at the expense of Democrats, then we'll see.
"DANGEROUSLY INCOMPETENT!" I think that was a recent Dem party buzz phrase they were trying to get out at every opportunity in the ceaseless attack on the Bush administration. Its sort of ironic that it applies so well to the "news" organization that writes the liner notes for each new edition of Democrat talking points.
Posted by: tfhr at March 23, 2006 08:16 PM