Greg Mitchell: History Repeats? ‘NYT’ Boosts, But McClatchy Questions, Claims of Syria’s Use of Chemicals
Is history repeating itself? [] The New York Times, as it did in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, seems to be promoting []some kind of dramatic U.S. intervention in Syria, based on WMDs. Once again we’ve seen overheated front-page news stories, based on slim evidence, and columns by [the moustache of understanding] Thomas Friedman, Bill Keller and others .. Also in a re-play, reporters for McClatchy’s D.C. bureau are expressing sensible skepticism .. One of the reporters in those much-hailed, in retrospect, Iraq stories is still at it on Syria: Jonathan S. Landay
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