s skippy the bush kangaroo: all the news that's fit to bury

skippy the bush kangaroo



Tuesday, December 18, 2007

all the news that's fit to bury

mediabloodhound points out that the nytimes didn't think that sen. dodd's victory over the telecomm immunity was very newsworthy:

but one of the most egregious examples of such editorial decisions is today's move by the new york times to bury news of presidential candidate senator christopher dodd's victorious filibuster threat against the proposed telecom immunity bill.

so what page did the times slip in this account of dodd's courageous and historic stand? what page did it cover this patriotic push-back to a bill that, if passed, would effectively reward telecom companies for complicity in the bush administration's illegal wiretapping of millions of innocent american citizens and set a frightening precedent of similar retroactive immunity in such cases where various parties (cia, blackwater mercenaries, etc.) took part in torture, extraordinary renditions or other criminal activities in george bush's "war on terror"? what page did the paper that sat on the illegal wiretapping story for a year - before "scooping" it - deem this fit to print?

a29. yes, a29.

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posted by skippy at 6:39 PM |

2 Comments:

Killer blog headine.

Well put.
commented by Blogger Batocchio, 12:28 AM PST  
That's where they always put the interesting stuff... if I got the NYT, that would be my starting page.
commented by Blogger SB Gypsy, 9:50 AM PST  

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