Sunday, May 16, 2004
Abu Ghraib: Pulitzer-light, demoralized Newspaper of Record blows story yet again
On page A1, the positively whorish headline "Accused G.I.s try to shift blame in prison abuse" takes pride of place at right above the fold. Sheesh. Is Kate Zernike Judith "Kneepads" Miller writing under a pseudonym, or what? (For Kate Zernicke see the A1 Project, but see also following posts)
So much for page A1.
Now let's look for some mention of Seymour Hersh's explosive revelation that "the Pentagon’s operation, known inside the intelligence community by several code words, including Copper Green, encouraged physical coercion and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners" (more below).
Is the story on A2? No. A3? No. A4? No. A5? No. A6? No. A7? No. A8? No. A9? No. A10? No. A11? No. A12? No. A13? No. A14? No. A15? No. Aaah!
Page A16. Buried. Really pitiful.
You can share your considered thoughts with sadly overworked yet increasingly co-opted Public Editor Daniel "Bud Man" Okrent here: mailto:public@nytimes.com. Maybe he can tell you why we have to get news coverage from a New York weekly.
So much for page A1.
Now let's look for some mention of Seymour Hersh's explosive revelation that "the Pentagon’s operation, known inside the intelligence community by several code words, including Copper Green, encouraged physical coercion and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners" (more below).
Is the story on A2? No. A3? No. A4? No. A5? No. A6? No. A7? No. A8? No. A9? No. A10? No. A11? No. A12? No. A13? No. A14? No. A15? No. Aaah!
Page A16. Buried. Really pitiful.
You can share your considered thoughts with sadly overworked yet increasingly co-opted Public Editor Daniel "Bud Man" Okrent here: mailto:public@nytimes.com. Maybe he can tell you why we have to get news coverage from a New York weekly.
