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How many people were fired from the NYT for reporting about Iraq having WMD? How many competitors to the NYT reported there were no WMD and why were they all s
by infamouscow 3y ago
How many people were fired from the NYT for reporting about Iraq having WMD?
How many competitors to the NYT reported there were no WMD and why were they all smeared and discredited?
The fact that some information might be plagiarized is hardly of any consequence compared to the million or so people that died because of the legacy media reported Saddam had WMDs.
When the institutions completely fail to get all of the most important things right (and in fact, almost completely wrong) it's only natural to turn elsewhere.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> How many competitors to the NYT reported there were no WMD Lots, including major papers with receipts on not only that the US claims that the Times was hyping were false, but the fact that US and UK governments because, e.g., the so-called “Winnebagos of Mass Destruction” were not mobile weapons labs and the UK government knew this ab initio because they were sold to Iraq by the UK government. > why were they all smeared and discredited? They weren't, they were just ignored, both by the Times and the dominant political narrative, because largely people didn't care about the truth.
- infamouscow 3y agoI'm certain the innocent people killed cared about the truth, and their families and loved ones are still awaiting justice. The problem is if people didn't care about the truth then why exactly does it matter now? (Also, surely you understand this is not a defensible position nor do I expect someone to defend war crimes, but this is HN and there's plenty of idiots willing to surprise me.)