'NYT,' Michael Gordon, Continue Focus on Iranian Weapons in Iraq -- While Others Downplay

[RamboLiberal]

For months, The New York Times' military reporter Michael Gordon has written one account after another focusing on insurgents in Iraq allegedly using very destructive EFP type explosives, allegedly from Iran, against U.S. forces. He did it again for a story appearing today. As usual, the paper put it on the front page -- above the fold.

It came just as the U.S. military reported that the number of U.S. deaths in Iraq was soaring again this month after a brief downturn.

In the past, most other leading news outlets have taken a less sensationalist approach on these assertions. The Times itself has on occasion re-edited Gordon's stories to provide a little balance, and toned down initial headlines.

Gordon wrote or co-wrote a number of deeply-flawed stories on Iraqi WMD in the runup to the war.

I fume when the RW complains about the "liberal" New York Times. Liberal my ass when they had Judith Miller writing all the propaganda the neocons handed to her to justify the Iraq War, and now this jerk helping them gin up war with Iran.

[tecelote]

1. Who has supplied more weapons to the insurgents...

The US or Iran?

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. He's a shit head no-nothing bastard with a pro-war agenda.

The NYT is cowed by bastards like that because his editors don't have any specific knowledge about anything except what wine to order at "21".