Gonzales Promises Non - Torture Policy (NYT altered headline)

[Kelvin Mace]

Mods: I know this is not technically LBN, but the AP story at the NYT originaly had the headline: Gonzales Promises Non - Torture Policy They then went back and changed headline and pretended it was a new story filed this morning, dropping it in the old URL. This is patently dishonest and should be addressed, especially in light of comments by NYT about DU.

Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales, bracing for tough questions from lawmakers about his role in the Bush administration's decision to allow aggressive interrogations of terrorism detainees, is pledging to abide by treaties that ban torture of prisoners.

Gonzales said that, if confirmed, he would abide by the Geneva Conventions' strict prohibitions against torture and all treaty obligations, according to testimony prepared for his confirmation hearing Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.


David Allen
www.thoughtcrimes.org

[yellowcanine]

1. And wife beaters are contrite and say it won't happen again - until it

does.

[Khephra]

2. AP themselves frequently change their own headlines after 1st publication

And has been doing so since I first started watching the wires 4 years ago.

(The article is also a dupe, btw)

[Kelvin Mace]

4. Headlines are set by

the newspaper or accepted as default. The story was at the same URL as the old story, but resubmitted as a "new" story. If it had been a genuine new story, it would have gotten a new URL. Instead, someone at the NYT (it's their site) went back in and altered the headline and submission date.

And I realize it is a dupe, the point was not the story, but the action of the NYT. Who running the web site, Winston Smith?

David Allen
www.thoughtcrimes.org

[henslee]

3. May I suggest we hear from the torture-ees on this issue?

[Kelvin Mace]

5. Future headlines that will no doubt be changed

Bush Civil Rights Chief Promises to Give Up Lynching

Surgeon General Forgoes Further Medical Experimentation On Poor Children

New Foresty Admin Puts Arson Career on Hold


David Allen
www.thoughtcrimes.org

[Catchawave]

6. If the Boosh admin had been honest with us from the beginning.....

...an explanation of reasons behind the torture may have helped their cause?

Granted, we are not fighting a normal war, as history and the Geneva rules apply. We're fighting Allah. And we all know Al tests his followers <snort> on many levels. Even the tsunami was a test of faith...read the Newsweek article!

Sidebar: I do not condone torture, but if the Bushbot's weren't so damned secretive and slimey about this whole mess...nevermind...I keep forgetting about returning political favors, this (the Gonzales confirmation) has nothing to do with compassion
:silly:

[Massachusetts]

7. And

This Edsel runs like a top, has low miles and was driven by a little old lady...I'll give you such a deal.

Gonzales is nothing more than a glorified huckster, with a degree, some bogus credentials and influential friends.:bounce:

edit: sp. and add word

[Moderator]

8. duplicate

locking. discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1124083