Michelle Malkin has a nice example of the New York Times providing a quotation from a dead Iraq soldier's letter that is not the full story. The NYT leaves the reader with an impression that matches their political orientation. I suppose the good news is that with the web and blogosphere we now have a way to correct the record quickly and broadly. Did the NYT admit it made an error? NotExactlyRocketScience provides a letter that author Lisa Huang Fleischman wrote to the NYT.
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October 30, 2005
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Posted by: Rachel | October 30, 2005 at 11:24 PM