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2005-04-15 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-04-15 1:04:10 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 By the time the NYC prosecutors actually charge most of the senior and mid-level U.N. bureaucracy with criminal conduct related to OFF, the large number of 'civilians' already convicted will prevent world opinion from doing anything more than sigh in frustration. Popcorn, anyone?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-04-15 7:42:06 AM|| 2005-04-15 7:42:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The MSM spin here is fascinating. The FT gets it right: "The United Nations suffered a further blow..."

But the NY Times leads its page 1 above-the-fold UNSCAM story-- the only time IIRC that they've played up the story so prominently-- with the header, "Texan Is Indicted in Iraq Oil Sales..."

Just in case you don't get the Times' drift, they headline it not "American," but "TEXAN." Thus hard story of Oil-for-Fraud morphs imperceptibly into the conspiracy memes of Blood-for-Oil and Cooked-Up-In-Texas. Shameless.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-15 4:51:13 PM|| 2005-04-15 4:51:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I'll go one further. How much do you want to bet that David Chambers is not a Texan, but just somebody living here in Texas.

Posted by Bill 2005-04-15 4:56:53 PM|| 2005-04-15 4:56:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Kofi Annan's very own executive official and also his son line their pockets in UNSCAM? No need to cover the story at all, let alone put it on the front page of the Times.

One "Texan" with no connection to the US government is indicted in UNSCAM? Splash it across Page 1, and be sure to lead with the word TEXAN.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-15 5:04:35 PM|| 2005-04-15 5:04:35 PM|| Front Page Top

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