https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/10/25/how-duranty-happened/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 09:29:57 -0400<![CDATA[It is through Wretchard, whom I have come to trust greatly, that I found confirmation for what I already suspected &#8211; that the New York Times report of 380 tons of escaped explosives published this morning was so much progandistic drivel timed to encourage the defeat of a sitting president in favor of a candidate, I am almost certain, the paper&#8217;s publisher and editors do not even care for in the first place. How pathetic is that! How deeply reactionary! This kind of distortion during an election is a worse disgrace than the Jayson Blair affair.]]>Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:00:41 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2004/10/25/how-duranty-happened-n205331