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NYT helped sell the 2003 Iraq War based on lies. IIRC, NPR and BBC and Fox were also magnifiers of the lies. Bloomberg pushed a story about Apple/Supermicro th
by r00fus 7y ago
NYT helped sell the 2003 Iraq War based on lies. IIRC, NPR and BBC and Fox were also magnifiers of the lies.
Bloomberg pushed a story about Apple/Supermicro that was entirely not true and pushed a conspiracy theory that heavily impacted stock.
None of these "responsible actors" have issued retractions for their stories that were later held to be factually untrue.
- sjy 7y agoThe NYT published a mea culpa about its reporting on Iraq. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/world/from-the-editors-the-times-and-iraq.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/world/from-the-editors-th...
- schrodinger 7y agoWow, that’s actually pretty self-critical; I’m impressed.