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lostincalifornia

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1. Well geez, isn't it the job of a news organization to verify from multiple sources, including their

Reply to Otelo (Original post)

Fri Apr 25, 2014, 06:10 PM

Apr 2014

own? Wasn't that long ago that WMDs, and Judith Miller were given free reign at the Times.

However, the information coming out of Ukraine is not always accurate, but it cannot be denied that Russia has taken over Crimea, and have forces around Eastern Ukraine.

The stakes are high for Ukraine and Putin, so that makes it even more imperative that the media take extra care to insure accuracy

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NYT public editor slams her own newspaper for posting fake pictures [View all] Otelo Apr 2014 OP

Well geez, isn't it the job of a news organization to verify from multiple sources, including their lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #1

No, no one has said the pictures are fake frazzled Apr 2014 #2

Never trust the NYT or any other Corporate Media outlet. They are all controlled sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #3

+1000. (nt) scarletwoman Apr 2014 #6

IMO, everyone is lying... HooptieWagon Apr 2014 #4

You seem to have a keyboard defect that causes it to type the word "fake" when cthulu2016 Apr 2014 #5

I believe the OP is saying that the photos were used to promote a FAKE impression. I think most sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #7