Saturday, July 07, 2012

Questioning the NY Times

Edward Shadid, close cousin of famed reporter Anthony Shadid, thinks the Times put Anthony Shadid in unnecessary trouble, trouble which led to his death at the age of 43. This is an excerpt from a speech Edward gave to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's annual convention.
Just 11 months after Anthony’s deeply traumatic kidnapping, for which he received no counseling or treatment for possible PTSD, The New York Times insisted that Anthony illegally infiltrate Syria in a poorly planned, dangerously risky operation. His editors overruled Anthony’s objections and failed to provide equipment he had requested. When he then died of what his cousin suspects was a heart attack, the Times put out an inaccurate story that obscured the newspaper’s role in his death, while proclaiming him a hero and basking in the reflected glory.
 Edward asks the media to protect its foreign correspondents.  That's not asking too much.  Is it?

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