Comments on: Some Fact-Checking Questions for the Editors of The New Yorker http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/ The blog of the mystery writer, screenwriter and CEO of Pajamas Media Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:23:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Captain Hate http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95362 Captain Hate Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:40:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95362 Why don't you call "the New York" and see if anybody answers, timb? Or is that timber? Why don’t you call “the New York” and see if anybody answers, timb? Or is that timber?

]]> By: timb http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95358 timb Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:39:02 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95358 Wow, Rog, your commenters seem to be unanimous in their love for you. Congrats. Must be nice to be the darling of the right wing, every media star's dream. As for the editors of the New York, instead of posting this on your blog, why don't you do some reporting and CALL THEM? Remember? You're an important journalist (I gather this from your hubris, laziness, and the fact you wear a cool journalist hat in your photo). You can get back to us, when you actually do some reporting. Wow, Rog, your commenters seem to be unanimous in their love for you. Congrats. Must be nice to be the darling of the right wing, every media star’s dream.

As for the editors of the New York, instead of posting this on your blog, why don’t you do some reporting and CALL THEM? Remember? You’re an important journalist (I gather this from your hubris, laziness, and the fact you wear a cool journalist hat in your photo).

You can get back to us, when you actually do some reporting.

]]> By: Barry Meislin http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95357 Barry Meislin Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:52:26 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95357 Sigh... Sigh…

]]> By: Onaswarm links for Monday, 30 June 2008 « David’s Blog - What Did You Think? http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95356 Onaswarm links for Monday, 30 June 2008 « David’s Blog - What Did You Think? Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:15:47 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95356 [...] Roger L. Simon » Some Fact-Checking Questions for the Editors of The New Yorker #gwot #iran #iraq #seymour hersh [...] [...] Roger L. Simon » Some Fact-Checking Questions for the Editors of The New Yorker #gwot #iran #iraq #seymour hersh [...]

]]> By: Gary Rosen http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95350 Gary Rosen Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:18:02 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95350 It seems quaint now to recall that during Watergate, when Woodward and Bernstein got a tip from Deep Throat, their editors required *two* independent verifications before publishing it. The MSM has come a long way, baby. It seems quaint now to recall that during Watergate, when Woodward and Bernstein got a tip from Deep Throat, their editors required *two* independent verifications before publishing it. The MSM has come a long way, baby.

]]> By: MikeinAppalachia http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95347 MikeinAppalachia Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:48:26 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95347 Y'know-NEO may be on to something. Y’know-NEO may be on to something.

]]> By: Charlie (Colorado) http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95345 Charlie (Colorado) Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:17:09 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95345 <i>You may distrust Hersh’s reporting but you have no basis for saying his sources are fictitious.</i> Sure we do: the people who say "I never talked to Hersh", the number of times he's been caught in demonstrable lies, and the even greater number of times he's written a story saying something was imminently going to happen that then doesn't. Then, as several of us have pointed out, there's the fact that this story is embarrassingly ludicrous on it's face, seeing as it wants us to believe that Bush made a Democrat Congress secretly fund a covert op. That's a veritable laundry list of reasons to think his sources are fictitious, or that if the sources aren't fictitious, their "revelations" are fictions. You may distrust Hersh’s reporting but you have no basis for saying his sources are fictitious.

Sure we do: the people who say “I never talked to Hersh”, the number of times he’s been caught in demonstrable lies, and the even greater number of times he’s written a story saying something was imminently going to happen that then doesn’t.

Then, as several of us have pointed out, there’s the fact that this story is embarrassingly ludicrous on it’s face, seeing as it wants us to believe that Bush made a Democrat Congress secretly fund a covert op.

That’s a veritable laundry list of reasons to think his sources are fictitious, or that if the sources aren’t fictitious, their “revelations” are fictions.

]]> By: Nevada Ned http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95344 Nevada Ned Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:00:14 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95344 Seymour Hersh certainly isn't the only person claiming that Israel and/or the US are threatening to attack Iran. The Israelis themselves have gone out of their way to broadcast their threats, as have some Americans, including John McCain (who famously sang "Bomb, bomb Iran" to the tune of "Barbara Ann"). Do Roger Simon and the various commentators here really believe that there is no threat of a US/Israeli attack? Hersh's sources are members of the intelligence community. It doesn't make him infallible, but his real sin in the eyes of the Pajamas Media crowd is Hersh's opposition to the US invasion and occupation of Iraq. Hersh thinks the US occupation of Iraq is a disaster. Roger Simon thinks it's a success. So who has credibility problems? Seymour Hersh certainly isn’t the only person claiming that Israel and/or the US are threatening to attack Iran. The Israelis themselves have gone out of their way to broadcast their threats, as have some Americans, including John McCain (who famously sang “Bomb, bomb Iran” to the tune of “Barbara Ann”). Do Roger Simon and the various commentators here really believe that there is no threat of a US/Israeli attack?

Hersh’s sources are members of the intelligence community. It doesn’t make him infallible, but his real sin in the eyes of the Pajamas Media crowd is Hersh’s opposition to the US invasion and occupation of Iraq. Hersh thinks the US occupation of Iraq is a disaster. Roger Simon thinks it’s a success. So who has credibility problems?

]]> By: Faster, Please! » The Hersh File http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95343 Faster, Please! » The Hersh File Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:50:41 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95343 [...] one wonders if anyone at The New Yorker did any checking of Hersh’s “facts.” As Roger Simon pointedly asks, who are these sources?  Does The New Yorker even [...] [...] one wonders if anyone at The New Yorker did any checking of Hersh’s “facts.” As Roger Simon pointedly asks, who are these sources?  Does The New Yorker even [...]

]]> By: Jim Smyth http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95342 Jim Smyth Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:18:16 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/06/29/some-fact-checking-questions-for-the-editors-of-the-new-yorker/#comment-95342 The primary reason to read "The New Yorker" is the cartoons. Seymour's articles fit right into that catagory. The primary reason to read “The New Yorker” is the cartoons. Seymour’s articles fit right into that catagory.

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