Why does The New York Times hate America?

He's been going in and out of style,
But he's guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you,
The act you've known for all these years...

/grabs popcorn

This will be interesting.

Albino Sasquatch is this seat taken?

"Actually, the Cuban plaque for Herbert Matthews is a reminder of the power of mainstream news organizations like the Times and their ability to influence history - not always for the better"

-- I like how the Post correctly doesn't characterize itself as a mainstream news organization.

If the people choose to believe what one writer for the New York Times wants them to believe, then more power to them.

I blame Clinton

Weaver95
No remotely sane person has ever said that there are no reporters with a left wing bias. There are biased people in the media just like everywhere else, and there always will be. We only run into a problem when conservatives start acting like that bias is universally sanctioned by the leadership of every media outlet in the country, and pretending that there are no reporters with a right-wing bias. Believe it or not, the Times does have conservative reporters, and the editorial staff does generally try to come as close to unbiased reporting as they can. They aren't perfect.

WIth regards to this story in particular, while supporting Castro was a mistake, he doesn't look nearly so bad if you compare him to the people in power in Cuba before him.

Popcorn! Get your popcorn here!"

So the Times is patting themselves on the back for a piece of farked up journalism that created one of the most brutal regimes of the 20th century.

/Congratulations Morans

I'd like some of that popcorn please!

"Timesman Herbert Matthews' 4,400-word article disproved government claims that the rebel leader was dead..... Alas, the story was a tissue of lies."

So he was dead??!!

I hate right wing newspapers

It isn't news....it's NY Post

Still only 25 cents!

Damn Castro. Batista was ready to bring peace and hugs to the people, and that pinko farked it!

"Want some melted butter on that popcorn"?
"Hey, no special treatment for me. Just put that yellow grease on it like you give everyone else".

So The Times is guilty of In-Fidel-ity?

Oh right, the US has never explicitly supported murderous dictators (pinochet, saddam, etc) which the media has supported without a flinch. As long as the press doesnt critisize foreign policy then the conservatives wont say 'liberal media.' You conservatives are such fools. I hope these echo chamber pieces from the crazy post make you feel better about yourselves and your conspiracy theories of liberal bias.

No, the Post is taking the Times to task for a piece of farked-up journalism that created one of the most brutal regimes of the 20th century.

/who's the moran now?
//it's you
///at least in this case

Call me weird, but I would think that if you have to look back fifty years to find bias, that would indicate not a terrible track record.

Still, flame on. Now we're marking anniversaries in post dating history.

Yagottabechittinme-

The brutal regime was the one before Castro.

I really fail to see how Castro's regime has done anything brutal to its people. It has given them great health care and actually gives a crap about them. More than any cuban leader before

liquidlen: No, the Post is taking the Times to task for a piece of farked-up journalism that created one of the most brutal regimes of the 20th century.

/who's the moran now?

You, for believing that.

PC LOAD LETTER: Mouth-breathing retards read the Post for anything more than sports (and comics if you ignore Mallard Fillmore)

Please, the Post is fantastic. Where else can you get that much entertainment for a quarter?

The NYT regularly commits news atrocities, regardless of bias. Very very annoying. It should long ago have been dethroned as the "paper of record".

OTOH, birdcage liner like the Post is as accurate and useful as a stopped clock.

liquidlen: one of the most brutal regimes of the 20th century.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA!!! - not even close.

How does that get written and Stalin gets mentioned 5 times, but Batista not once?

Boom headshot on Newsweek too. Damn these guys are good.

WillieStokes: Damn these guys are good.

If you look to the NY Post for actual news, I weep for your children.

But we wouldn't want logic to get in the way of some good, comforting conservative lies, would we?

Not a clue here, TheOther. I was correcting an earlier comment that apparently confused the Post with the Times.

No, Donald_McRonald, I was correcting an earlier comment that apparently confused the Post with the Times.

/no dog in this hunt

Southpaw018:If you look to the NY Post for actual news, I weep for your children.

But we wouldn't want logic to get in the way of some good, comforting conservative lies, would we?

My sarcasm trumps your sarcasm.

/stop crying, I have no children

Southpaw018: If you look to the NY Post for actual news, I weep for your children.

We've got the Daily News in Philly. It's got "attytood "! (pops)
I remember a co-worker throwing a copy in the trash while saying "I've never read this rag before-it's all opinion!" I got a good laugh out of that. Unfortunately, I know lots of folks who get all their "news" from it.

That's not the only thing to which Matthews never caught on.

Ooooh that's awkwaaaaard.

That is the kind of sentence up with which I will not put!

WillieStokes: /stop crying, I have no children

I weep for your inability to experience the joy of child-rearing.

Remember - there is NO LEFT WING BIAS IN THE NEWS!

Yeah, just like there's no right-wing bias in the New York Post.

Once again the leftists on Fark defend their dictator of choice.

"He wasn't as bad as Batista"

becomes

"He was way better than Batista"

and then...

"He is a wonderful man who cares about his people and gives them free health care (sans any major medical technology)!"

I'm not sure to write this off as ignorance or delusion.

liquidlen: I was correcting an earlier comment that apparently confused the Post with the Times.

Okay, I'm confused. Which comment were you correcting?

Donald_McRonaldI weep for your inability to experience the joy of child-rearing.

/stop crying, I'm too young to be worrying about "child-rearing" now.
//what's with all the weeping?

I prefer teeth gnashing

Is the Post making fun of the NYT or itself? It's hard to tell when reading something so stupid.

Post = Printed version of Fox News

Weaver95

Remember - there is NO LEFT WING BIAS IN THE NEWS!

Riiiiiight - and we know that all Republicans are corrupt, lying hatemongers because Joe McCarthy was one.

See how that works? Dumbass.

DrForrester: Riiiiiight - and we know that all Republicans are corrupt, lying hatemongers because Joe McCarthy was Weaver95 is one.

FTFY

Damn it! I never knew that newspapers could support people reflecting their internal silly beliefs and that those people could go on to abuse their power. How naive I've been! I'm going to stop buying the New York Times because when I do, I religiously believe everything they say. I've been awoken!

More crybaby repugs

I gotta say I get joy out of watching the iraq war FAIL because I know it pisses of the repugs.

WE TOLD YOU SO!

To the rest of the world, Cuba is nothing more than a cheap vacation and a decent cigar. Our obsession with this place is silly. We have normal relations with Vietnam, and they killed over 50,000 Americans. Cut the embargo crap and watch capitalism flatten the revolution in seconds flat.

Have any of you farkers posting opinions on how horrible Castro is to his people ever actually BEEN to CUBA? Comments on how a goverment treats it's people coming from the land of "rendition" and various post 9/11 laws sound pretty hollow...

The US is so hellbent on maintaining the Cuban embargo and subjecting those people to poverty cause should a socialist nation ever achieve any sort of prosperity it would mean the end of the capitalists grasp on the worlwide economic system. It's like they need to prove it cant work so as to justify their own greed.

I'm not saying Cuba or any other communist nation has ever been a utopic paradise, however, blindly branding them as ebil out of fear and ignorance IS what america has done.

Because everybody in Cuba has always read the New York Times.