Rubbish Journalism

The New York Times is so blinded by Bush Hatred that its Lebanon reporting is becoming an insult to Lebanese intelligence.

Thanks to DBK for pointing out this outrageous piece in the New York Times on Lebanon:

“The struggle is over who gets to be the next president, a post reserved for a Christian under Lebanon’s Constitution, and which must be filled by the end of November. But the larger question — one that is prompting rival Christian factions to threaten war — is whether Lebanese Christians must accept their minority status and get along with the Muslim majority (the choice of the popular Gen. Michel Aoun) or whether Christians should insist on special privileges no matter what their share of the population (the position of veteran civil war factions like the Phalange and the Lebanese Forces).

They have to be kidding! Where does the Times find these idiots?

Aoun’s entire platform for the presidency is getting a “strong Christian leader”, and many say that his alliance with Hezbollah is a tactical move before eventually confronting them on their weapons.

It is plain irresponsible for the Times to manipulate the American Audience’s unfamiliarity with Lebanese nuance just to drive home a simplistic “Bush and his allies are evil” message.

Update: Tony has shred the piece apart.