The Record of the Paper: How the New York Times Misreports US Foreign Policy

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Book ISBN: 9781844670192

Author(s): Howard Friel

Document type: Trade Cloth

Publisher: Unknown

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A good and thorough inspection lacking in muscle and sophistication

Rating: 80%

This book begins from a very demure and subdued persepective then slowly lashes out with the meticulous research on the part of the authors.

You WILL see a pattern of a co-opted agenda at the New York Times foreign policy desk, but the book refuses to go the extra mile and portray the deeper journalistic and personal conflicts of the offending reporters.

While the book avoids mudslinging about the Times' new questionable real estate acquistions, it also avoids impugning the paper too much. For example, where the author could have and SHOULD have come down hard on the felonious misinformation of Mr. Chalabi, it did not. When it could have covered the greater implications of Iraq or Vietnam and cleared up chronic misconceptions about both conflicts, it failed to and only waved the ideologies of the authors.

If you're a straight shooter, you probably won't like the almost childish way that the authors try to suddenly hammer their point in half a page after subtly pushing it, as if they were unsure of their work. Also, the book's starting point that the New York Times has committed egregious errors while admitting that only the Times is targeted because of its stature in the nation and in the hearts of the authors makes them sound like fans who have been betrayed than sophisticated experts.

All in all, the research itself is among the most extensive on the technical level and will be referenced for years if not decades by ideologues and political analysts alike. The chapter about the recent events in Venezuela is an astounding touch and is actually the highlight of effective research and the government's doublethink tendencies. If you're remotely interested in world events, journalism, or just truth as a whole, try to read at least half of this book. It may take some time, but you'll like it.

David Liao (Amazon.com)

A very important book.

Rating: 100%

I've always tended to trust the New York Times, and I know many other people have as well. It's just always been around, giving us "all the news that's fit to print". It's reliable. But that's why The Record of the Paper is so important. Everyone takes the Times' trustworthiness for granted, but it isn't as trustworthy as we think it is.

I don't know how likely the Times is to change its reporting to include international law, as Friel and Falk request, and so it is important for people to read this book, so that if they are being misinformed about vital issues, at leas they will know it what ways the information is skewed. The book also explains international law in a way that is clear and easy to understand.

Dorian Zeller (Amazon.com)

Outstanding study of how US foreign policy is reported

Rating: 100%

The New York Times has for the last 50 years refused to consider international law as relevant to US foreign policy. This outstanding book shows how this failure has distorted the Times' news and views and led to regular acceptance of the US state's deceptions.

The authors show how the Times has consistently echoed the US government. For example, it ignored the 1954 Geneva peace accords, reported as fact President Johnson's lies about Vietnamese aggression in the Tonkin Gulf in 1964, backed the illegal US interference in Nicaragua, misreported the 1986 World Court's condemnation of this interference, and denied the US role in the coup attempts against Venezuela's elected President.
Recently, the Times endorsed the illegal Bush/Blair aggression against Iraq, a violation of the UN Charter, which prohibits the use of force. In its 70 editorials on Iraq between 11 September 2001 and 21 March 2003, it never mentioned the UN Charter or international law.
The Times presented Iraqi possession of WMD as fact, ignoring the IAEA's 60 reports showing it had destroyed Iraq's nuclear programme. The Times also ignored the UNMOVIC and IAEA reports that they had inspected eight of the nine suspected WMD sites listed in Blair's September 2002 dossier, and found no evidence of WMD. The Times failed to note that possession of WMD, even if proven, is not a casus belli.

The illegal invasion of Iraq led inevitably to all the other illegalities, the illegal occupation, the killing of more than 100,000 civilians, the illegal detention of 40,000 Iraqis, the systematic abuse and atrocities, the destruction of 70% of Fallujah's homes.

The authors point out that torture thrives where detainees are illegally held in secret without charge or trial, that is, kidnapped. This crime by the US and British leaders led inevitably to breaches of the US Constitution, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment, and of the Geneva Conventions and the 1984 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

William Podmore (Amazon.com)

deconstructing truth.

Rating: 20%

If you are a "red stater" you will not like this book.

Not much to argue with, if you are a fan of America-bashing and Israel-bashing dressed up as a criticism of the NewYork Times. Howard Friel is a hardcore leftwing dogmatist who does not hesitate to lie, freely, to advance his cause, and this book is a desperate attempt to shore up his cause: ostensibly, that the NYT is a puppet of the evil American-Jewish axis. He also supported North Vietnam against the US and objected to the first GulfWar.

If you take your hate-filled leftism straight, this book is for you. P.E.S.T. sufferers should take this book in moderation, as it will excite unnatural impulses.

R. C. Erikson (Amazon.com)

Truth or Consequences

Rating: 80%

I just heard the author, Mr. Friel being grilled and cross-examined by Mr. 'Kenny Boy' Adelman{Reagan-Bush} Hawk on C-Span 2. *Mr. Adelman continually badgered & baited Howard Friel, interupted him, belittled him; there was obvious tampering with the audio(Mr. Friel's mic) esp when he would try to respond to Adelman's condescending, inflamatory tone.
This book has obviously hit a raw nerve with the powerful Jewish lobby within our Gov't. Esp the Neo-con's(Zionists) who propagated this faux war for Israel, control of M.E., and oil. No other ally has the influence and financial sway of AIPAC, ADL, Z.O.A.--that's OK--until the 'dumb unsuspecting masses(gentiles) are fighting and dying for poor Israel's defense. But--will this escalation in killing of innocents truly bring peace? Hell No!! The 'Project For A New American Century'..written by Neo-Con's--.calls for the germination of further regime changing conflicts in M.E.,Iran, Syria, Yemen,etc. Many from left & right, have finally begun speaking out about this insane foreign policy, to eliminate Israel's enemies. Fortunately, the Likudniks & Sharon have been failing miserably, along with their puppets Blair & Bush. Imagine that, 2 Anglo's at Sharon's mercy? Brent Scowcroft, Pat Buchanan, Howard Dean, Ralph Nader,have all spoken out regarding the mysterious inside work of Wolfowitz, kagan, Perle,etc.,etc. Clinton, Albright almost fell hard for the 'LiberAL'-vers. Neo-Con's idea of invading Iraq in 98. They were booed off the stage at OSU,(Col.,OH.); upon their revelation of how we had to take 'our' boy Hussein out. The college kids proved they were much better informed than the stupid-sleeping masses, who have been brainwashed by the Corp controlled media.(NYTIMES,etc.}. Bill Cohen, and Sandy Berger, all Jewish by the way, were laughed off the stage--and Clinton quickly dropped the plan; only after talking to Marc Rich,(Rem.last scandalous pardon); Rich has been proven to be an inside MOSSAD agent. Don't take my word for it, look it up. Nuthin's what it seems in all of this. Many things we cannot see are there. But--Iraq was no clear & present danger' to us. So why are we killing their innocent men, women & children?

Will Rogers (Amazon.com)

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