Kitty Genovese and the NYT
...One other thing on the New York Times. Relying on some 'war on terror' balderdash from the Bush Administration, they delayed publishing on the NSA abuses for one year, a year during which most of the abuses occurred. In other words, by not publishing, the New York Times is essentially a party to the unconstitutional searches by the NSA. It is not dissimilar from watching a murder occur and failing to try to stop it. Everyone who read the article was instantly outraged by its contents, except, apparently, the editors and publishers of the New York Times. If it wasn't for the Judith Miller scandal, you might think this was just one instance of bad judgment. Given Miller, it is clearly part of an ongoing pattern of gross violation of journalistic ethics...
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Kitty Genovese and the NYT
Xymphora
December 18, 2005
Isn't it incredible how the Bush Administration has wiped out all the
1970's reforms that came out of the soul searching in the wake of
Watergate? It isn't a surprise that they would do this, but it's
somewhat unnerving that it was all so easy. A decade of cleaning up the
excesses of the CIA, the FBI, and the White House itself has been
completely destroyed on the basis of Executive Privilege (with the help
of compliant legal opinions and advice of one very handy lawyer named
John Yoo).
Bush has the same idea that Nixon had, which is that he isn't bound by
any laws whatsoever, including the Constitution, all because he is the
President. He has more power than an absolute monarch.
One other thing on the New York Times.
Relying on some 'war on terror' balderdash from the Bush
Administration, they delayed publishing on the NSA abuses for one year,
a year during which most of the abuses occurred. In other words, by not
publishing, the New York Times is essentially a party to the
unconstitutional searches by the NSA. It is not dissimilar from
watching a murder occur and failing to try to stop it. Everyone who
read the article was instantly outraged by its contents, except,
apparently, the editors and publishers of the New York Times.
If it wasn't for the Judith Miller scandal, you might think this was
just one instance of bad judgment. Given Miller, it is clearly part of
an ongoing pattern of gross violation of journalistic ethics.
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