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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 09:59 AM

    A 'coincidendal' 'Frontline' program on PBS about Chavez

    In sympathy with 'the Canadian', for a while now I have considered 'frontline' to be a front for the c.i.a. It did not surprise me that their show this week on Chavez was blatantly one-sided. There was NO mention of the endowment for democracy, which has used money to determine political outcomes in several countries. And there was no mention of conditions in Venezuela before vs. after Chavez; just a hit piece on Chavez. It seems no coincidence that both the nyt and pbs are running the same sort of propaganda simultaneously. It's like the 'product' was completed and within a week shipped out to the various display affiliates.

    The 'Jewish Center' atacked in Mumbai was Chabad Lebovitch. From my experience, the Lebovichers tend to be the most rabidly pro-israeli, anti muslim of the Hasidim. Not to paint all Hasids with the same brush, there is NeoHasid.org, a site steeped in justice for the M.E.

    And for the authoritarian-inclined wobgonne, the illegal federal electronic eavesdropping started BEFORE 9-11.

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