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> that was reporting on false intelligence not NYT providing the false info That’s a pretty amazing get out of jail free card.

• Fezzik 5y ago
  For what it’s worth, the flaws in the reporting related to the pre/post invasion involvement with Iraq were acknowledged: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-new-york-times-wmd-coverage https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-new-york-times-wmd-cov... There are many more related articles… The NYT has, to my knowledge, never avoided correcting fact-based inaccuracies or misreporting.
• fortuna86 5y ago
  No i've asked this question before, and that's always the response. NYT has come to terms with this mistakes in reporting on the build up to the war, that's not the same as publishing false information and refusing to acknowledge it. My attempt to get out in front of that common but misguided response failed, apparently. I guess i'll ask again, has the NYT ever published something false they have refused to correct once proven wrong?
  • ncmncm 5y ago
    They don't need to report anything false. It suffices to fail to report what is relevant and true. To their credit, they did report UN investigator Hans Blix's well-supported conclusion that there were no WMDs. On page 18. The NYT's preference for GWB in both elections was always front and center, and shameless. That the right wing imagined NYT was against them tells a lot about them.