NY Post defense in bag-man libel case: "Our stupid readers make us stupid."
The gutter-trolling New York Post is notorious for its excremental "journalism" and its gigantic alarmist headlines. But it went for a personal worst last April after the Boston Marathon bombing and landed itself in court in a libel case.
For at least six hours after authorities made clear there had only been three fatalities from the bombing, the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper claimed on its website that 12 people had been killed. It claimed a Saudi suspect was in custody long after authorities said he was just a witness. And three days after the bombing, the editors ran a front-page photo of two young men—looking as if they could be of Middle Eastern origin—with a screaming headline: "Bag Men: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon."
The two men, Salaheddin Barhoum and Yassine Zaimi, had never been suspects and sued the Post for libel in June.
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