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Home Front: Culture Wars
Today's NYT Blackwater non-stories
2007-09-30
Monkey Tennis Centre has been doing some interesting reporting and analysis lately. This link will take you to his round-up post on Blackwater in the US media, link rich and a worthy read. Excerpt, but do RTWT:
Two more stories on Blackwater in the New York Times today – they might as well start a separate daily 'Blackwater' section. Neither contains much in the way of new or useful information, and appear to be in the paper simply because several reporters have been tasked with producing Blackwater stories every day for the next year:

(a) because it's the kind of sinister, 'military-industrial complex' stuff the Times feels compelled to report and thinks is 'sexy', whether or not it's correct or even interesting;

(b) because it's one of the few 'negative' stories coming out of Iraq right now, and an important counterweight in the eyes of the Times to the increasingly positive stories coming out of the country; and

(c) because the Times hopes that if it keeps digging it'll come up with some damning evidence against the Bush administration.
Posted by:Seafarious

#1  They love to beat dead horses don't they:

1. The Masters and women members
2. Valerie Plame kerfuffle
3. Petraeus will Betray-us

Sooner or later it will revive and kick them in the head.

Posted by: Jack is Back!   2007-09-30 09:27  

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