Arthur Silber:...All Propaganda, All the Time E&P: Saturday’s New York Times features an article, posted at the top of its Web site late
February 9, 2007

Arthur Silber:...All Propaganda, All the Time

E&P:

Saturday’s New York Times features an article, posted at the top of its Web site late Friday, that suggests very strongly that Iran is supplying the “deadliest weapon aimed at American troops” in Iraq. The author notes, “Any assertion of an Iranian contribution to attacks on Americans in Iraq is both politically and diplomatically volatile.”

What is the source of this volatile information? Nothing less than “civilian and military officials from a broad range of government agencies.” Greg Mitchell highlights Michael R. Gordon, the same Times reporter who, on his own, or with Judith Miller, wrote some of the key, and badly misleading or downright inaccurate, articles about Iraqi WMDs in the run-up to the 2003 invasion....read on

Why does this man still have a job at the NY Times? Jonathan Schwarz: Michael Gordon Actually Voice-Activated Tape Recorder

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