Today, I came across this article in Family Security Matters by Greg Lee, a retired DEA agent. Greg and I both served in DEA in the Los Angeles office and Office of Training. In this article, Greg describes how the New York Times "broke" a story on a film the NYPD was showing as part of its anti-terrorism training.
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.11319/pub_detail.asp
As we know, CAIR got all upset about the film and made a big stink. The only problem was the film is factual. It never alleges that all Muslims are up to no good, but that some are. Note to NYT: If you are going to attack something, shouldn't you first demonstrate that it is false? Isn't that what a newspaper is supposed to do? I think it is called "fact-checking."
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And people wonder why there is a seething rage against the NYTimes and the main stream media. They slant the "news" by how they tell the stories and what they choose to cover and decline to print.
The list of terrorist acts carried out, attempted, or planned listed in the article is something that we ignore at our peril. It is the same political correctness that names the Ft Hood massacre " workplace violence". There is an undeniable connection between all of them.
The NYT is not a newspaper. It is a propaganda rag. Their circulation is declining dramatically but they are more concerned with spreading their ideology than anything else.
"It never alleges that all Muslims are up to no good, but that some are."
I read the original New York Times story, and quoted statements from the film which very plainly said that Muslims, categorically, are a conspiracy to take over the world and undermine our liberties. The quotes I read did not say "some Muslims."
While it is entirely possible that the New York Times reporter lied, it is no less possible that your retired DEA comrade lied.
At this point, before I take your or his allegations seriously, I would expect him to speak directly to each direct and indirect quote in the NYT article, affirm or deny that it is an accurate quote from the film, and offer direct quotes, at some length, so I can see the context, from the film.
Quite irrespective of whatever CAIR said, showing the film as police training sounded quite irresponsible to me. CAIR has a knee-jerk reaction to anything that seems critical of even one Muslim anywhere no matter what they did or didn't do, so CAIR's boiler plate press release is neither here nor there.
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