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Wednesday, December 04, 2002

# Posted 8:53 PM by Ariel David Adesnik  

LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS, PART TROIS: Howell Raines, executive editor of the NYT has been busy confirming conservative biases with his heavy-handed coverage of segregation at the Augusta golf club. While interesting, I can't say I really care about golf or how it's reported when we're on the brink of war.

As usual, real evidence of media bias comes from NYT coverage of the Middle East. Today's headline reads: "Israeli Troops Shoot at Taxi, Killing Arab Woman, 95." At the beginning of the article we find out that an innocent woman died. Ten paragraphs later we find out that another woman injured in the attack has provided contradictory statements about what exactly happened while Israeli sources insist that the taxi's driver sped toward IDF soldiers even after instructed to stop. Maybe the Times' reporter should have actually tried to verify some of the facts reported.
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