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Friday, November 28, 2008 12:00 AM

Mumbai, the NYT's revisionism, and lessons not learned

The Times' Editorial Page blames the Bush administration for "blessing" the military coup against Hugo Chavez without mentioning that it did the same. Why does that matter?

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  • Friday, November 28, 2008 10:03 PM

    Glenn

    Thanks for another great post. Some of us already know that the media serves as echo chamber for the government. In that context we are not surprised by anything coming out of the New York Times. Strangely, while this holds for the media from the right in its consistency when the right holds the executive branch it fails completely when the so-called left is in control of the executive branch. The WallStreet Journal, the other right-wing media and the so-called liberal media(NYT) outlet switches and become the loyal opposition when the left is in control. Only time will tell with this theory regarding Obama administration.

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