Will Friday’s New York Times Editorial on Saddam’s Execution Lose the Manhattan Elites?
The paper’s editorial (requires registration) makes it clear, without having the courage to specifically say it, that it opposed the impending execution of the Iraqi dictator, even characterizing the three-year legal process as “The Rush to Hang” him.
The Times may have taken it too far this time. I would think more than a few in the Manhattan wine-and-cheese set, even those who oppose the war, will be astute enough to substitute the name “Osama bin Laden” and his “orchestration of the 9/11 attacks” for “Saddam Hussein” and his “vile and unforgivable atrocities” in the Times’ Friday editorial.
Many of the Times’ most loyal readers had family members or personally knew people who died in the Twin Towers. Can they, or can anyone else, really doubt that the Times will oppose bin Laden’s execution, should that blessed day ever come, with “creative” excuses like the ones it concocted for Hussein?
Is such a newspaper run by people who are so clearly out of touch really worth anyone’s time, attention, and money, especially when there are two perfectly acceptable alternatives in Gotham, and so many credible alternative resources online?
Cross-posted at NewsBusters.org.
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UPDATE: Memeo has coverage pegging off the related Hot Air post, and will surely have a long list of others following the story (i.e., Saddam’s execution) shortly (as Hot Air does currently).
Fallout From Saddam’s Fall…
US forces are on high alert in Iraq against potential threats, and you can be assured that law enforcement in the US is going to be on the watch for threats with New Year’s celebrations right around the corner. The thing is that the jihadis really do….
Trackback by A Blog For All — December 29, 2006 @ 11:18 pm
Sic Semper Tyrannis…
Da queste parti siamo (quasi) sempre contrari alla pena di morte. Per Saddam, invece, facciamo volentieri un’eccezione. Tanto che oggi la cosa che ci turba di più non è certo la morte di questo dittatore sanguinario, che ha ammazzato a sangue freddo…
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Nobody ever lost money UNDERESTIMATING the common sense of the people who live in Manhattan!
Comment by Mitchell Langbert — January 1, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
#4, they’re really smart, aren’t they? Just ask them.
Comment by TBlumer — January 1, 2007 @ 3:50 pm