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THE RECORD OF THE PAPER
HOW THE "NEW YORK TIMES" MISREPORTS US FOREIGN POLICY |
| By: |
Howard Friel, Richard A. Falk |
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Paperback |
| List price:
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£20.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1844675831 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781844675838 |
| Publisher: |
VERSO BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2007 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
When the "New York Times" finally apologized for its coverage of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in 2004, it was too late. This study demonstrates how the newspaper of record in the US has consistently misreported the facts related to the wars waged by the United States, from Vietnam in the 1960s to Nicaragua in the 1980s and Iraq. |
| Synopsis: |
When the "New York Times" finally apologized for its coverage of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in 2004, it was too late. The newspaper had already supported the invasion. The Bush administration was not only violating international law, it was lying to the public, using major media like the "Times" to spread its message. In this meticulously researched study - the first part of a two-volume work - Howard Friel and Richard Falk demonstrate how the newspaper of record in the United States has consistently, over the last 50 years, misreported the facts related to the wars waged by the United States. From Vietnam in the 1960s to Nicaragua in the 1980s and Iraq today, the authors accuse the "New York Times" of serial distortions. They claim that such coverage now threatens not only world legal order but constitutional democracy in the United States.Falk and Friel show, for example, that, despite numerous US threats to invade Iraq, and despite the fact that an invasion of one country by another implicates fundamental aspects of the UN Charter and international law, the "New York Times" editorial page never mentioned the words "UN Charter" or "international law" in any of its 70 editorials on Iraq from September 11, 2001, to March 20, 2003. The authors also show that the editorial page supported the Bush administration's WMD claims against Iraq, and that its magazine, op-ed and news pages performed just as poorly. In conclusion, the authors suggest an alternative editorial policy of "strict scrutiny" that incorporates the UN Charter and the US Constitution in the "Times" coverage of the use and threat of force by the United States and the protection of civil and human rights at home and abroad. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Verso Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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