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December 3, 2013
New York Times Distorts Crime Reporting
[From article]
The paper of record seems more interested in suggesting that the shooting was the result of a culture poisoned by racism and homophobia than in continuing to inform readers of the facts. This approach—pinning blame on a broader climate rather than on specific perpetrators for acts of violence—will be familiar to regular Times readers, and it has a long pedigree.
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It now seems that in France, as in the United States, the Left can use almost any terrible incident as a “teachable moment” to urge national repentance for the nation’s many sins—past and present.
http://www.city-journal.org/2013/eon1126dd.html
DANIEL DISALVO
French Misconnection
The New York Times won’t let facts get in the way of a good story.
26 November 2013
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