Comments on: Muammar’s second act http://www.yourish.com/2009/01/22/6097 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: rdamurphy http://www.yourish.com/2009/01/22/6097/comment-page-1#comment-35854 rdamurphy Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:29:49 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=6097#comment-35854 Does anyone not believe that if Adolf Hitler were alive today, the NYT's would publish "his side" of the Holocaust? Of course they would. Seeking the truth is not the mission of contemporary journalism, spinning the news is. And that's what they "excel" at. Does anyone not believe that if Adolf Hitler were alive today, the NYT’s would publish “his side” of the Holocaust? Of course they would. Seeking the truth is not the mission of contemporary journalism, spinning the news is. And that’s what they “excel” at.

]]> By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2009/01/22/6097/comment-page-1#comment-35849 Michael Lonie Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:01:06 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=6097#comment-35849 The Times is losing readers like a man with his throat cut loses blood. The smart ones got out long ago. The Times is losing readers like a man with his throat cut loses blood. The smart ones got out long ago.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2009/01/22/6097/comment-page-1#comment-35842 Meryl Yourish Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:18:16 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=6097#comment-35842 You know what utterly slays me about this piece? Read the comments. Kindly never try to tell me that the readers of the Times are of above average intelligence. Most of those idiots are taking the words at face value, and ignoring the lies and half-truths of the piece. Really. And the Times's readers are supposed to be so smart. You know what utterly slays me about this piece? Read the comments.

Kindly never try to tell me that the readers of the Times are of above average intelligence. Most of those idiots are taking the words at face value, and ignoring the lies and half-truths of the piece.

Really. And the Times’s readers are supposed to be so smart.

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