Reverend Wright Sets the Paper of Record Straight

[kpete]

Reverend Wright Sets the Paper of Record Straight
by eleming
Sat Mar 22, 2008 at 01:43:11 PM PDT

Reverend Wright was interviewed by The New York Times.

They then distorted what he had to say and used it in their smear campaign against Obama.

Reverend Wright sent a letter in protest to the New York Times.

They have not printed it.

This was from an earlier controversy a year ago and they didn't correct it then and they won't correct new articles now.

The Wright 2007 letter here:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/22/163534/625/759/482318

(excerpts)

March 11, 2007

Jodi Kantor
The New York Times
9 West 43rd Street
New York, New York 10036-3959

Dear Jodi

Thank you for engaging in one of the biggest misrepresentations of the truth I have ever seen in sixty-five years. You sat and shared with me for two hours. You told me you were doing a "Spiritual Biography" of Senator Barack Obama. For two hours, I shared with you how I thought he was the most principled individual in public service that I have ever met.

............

Out of a two-hour conversation with you about Barack’s spiritual journey and my protesting to you that I had not shaped him nor formed him, that I had not mentored him or made him the man he was, even though I would love to take that credit, you did not print any of that. When I told you, using one of your own Jewish stories from the Hebrew Bible as to how God asked Moses, "What is that in your hand?," that Barack was like that when I met him. Barack had it "in his hand." Barack had in his grasp a uniqueness in terms of his spiritual development that one is hard put to find in the 21st century, and you did not print that.

................

The president of our denomination, the Reverend John Thomas, has offered to try to help you clarify in your confused head what Trinity Church is even though you spent the entire weekend with us setting me up to interview me for what turned out to be a smear of the Senator; and yet The New York Times continues to roll on making the truth what it wants to be the truth. I do not remember reading in your article that Barack had apologized for listening to that bad information and bad advice. Did I miss it? Or did your editor cut it out? Either way, you do not have to worry about hearing anything else from me for you to edit or "spin" because you are more interested in journalism than in truth.

.....................

Maybe it was my faith in the Jewish Holy Day of Roshashana. Maybe it was my being caught up in the euphoria of the Season of Lent; but whatever it is or was, I was sadly mistaken. There is no repentance on the part of The New York Times. There is no integrity when it comes to The Times. You should do well with that paper, Jodi. You looked me straight in my face and told me a lie!

Sincerely and respectfully yours,

Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.,
Senior Pastor
Trinity United Church of Christ

http://www.tucc.org/upload/tuccbulletin_mar18.pdf

more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/us/politics/06obama.html?_r=2&ref=politics&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/22/163534/625/759/482318

[Window]

1. Thanks kpete. I was looking for that. Saw it the other day and did not bookmark.

:kick:

[Celebration]

2. wow, no wonder they didn't print it

It was the truth, and the truth hurts--a lot.

[2rth2pwr]

3. Is this the truth also?

“When his enemies find out that in 1984 I went to Tripoli” to visit Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, Mr. Wright recalled, “with Farrakhan, a lot of his Jewish support will dry up quicker than a snowball in hell.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/us/politics/06obama.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[BeatleBoot]

4. I read that he said that, too.

thanks for the link.

[Celebration]

10. How would I know?

It sounds like a long interview was condensed into a sound bite. I am not sure why we should believe this any more than we should have believed Judy Miller.

But, if true, it certainly isn't a big deal to me. Last I checked, Wright wasn't a candidate. Nor does this express the views or actions of Obama.

[NorthernSpy]

31. I simply don't care.

I'm tired of having the Israel lobby dictate to us. I'm tired of them getting in my face and telling me what I should be outraged about.


You can keep pressing that button, 2rth2pwr, but it's not working for me. And I'm not the only American who feels that way these days. That's probably why Obama is still standing despite everything.


:shrug:

[freedom fighter jh]

32. Can you clarify that, NorthernSpy?

What does 2rth2pwr's comment have t odo with the Israel lobby?

[1776Forever]

5. I am sending this to every MSM show I can! This is awesome!

Truly shows just how little truthful reporting is done in our MSM!

Thank you for posting!

[Orwellian_Ghost]

6. K&R n/t

[IDemo]

7. - Are you sure you want to recommend that thread? -

Totally sure!

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

8. KPete, who at the NY Times can we email: Subject line - set record right on Wright

If they get alot of email about the same subject, they might act.

Tell us who to email, and we can forward on his letter.


Subject line - set record right on Wright

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. send also to the British newspapers etc

foreign countries have also been given distorted information

[EFerrari]

13. The Public Editor:

public@ nytimes.com

His name is Clark Hoyt and IT IS HIS JOB to take care of your concerns.

[Catherina]

11. K&R Typical NYT hit job n/t

[quantass]

12. k

[writes3000]

14. Damn, this pisses me off. How disgusting of them. n/t

[donheld]

15. Once again the paper of record drops the ball

Thanks Kpete

[Coexist]

16. knr

[Kolesar]

17. The president of UCC, the Reverend John Thomas, spoke at antiwar demonstration(s) in Washington

I distinctly remember him speaking at one of them.

We are seeing a right wing attack on the liberal churches of the peace coalition. Speaking very broadly, of course --TBA

[skepticscott]

18. Just goes to show you

Never, ever expect the news media to present a story fairly. If that does happen, it's as much a matter of luck as anything. When a reporter wants to interview you to get "the real/whole story" odds are good that they have already decided how they want the story to read and will only use the parts of the interview that fit with their version, and ignore the rest as inconvenient. Once you open up to them, it's no longer your story, it's their story.

[ecstatic]

19. She's a regular Martin Bashir

Why can't these journalists just be truthful? Why smile in someone's face as you ready the knife for his/her back?

[WillyT]

20. K & R !!!

:kick:

[LukeSkywalker]

21. War Whores

The New York Times brought the world Judith Miller and a slew of lies that got us into Iraq. The New York Times would of course love to smear a man whose Sermons shed light on the corrupt wars this nation has fought against people that often times were actually innocent.

[OhioBlue]

22. K&R

[SemperEadem]

23. Actually...

Either way, you do not have to worry about hearing anything else from me for you to edit or "spin" because you are more interested in journalism than in truth.

She is more interested in spin than either journalism or truth. Were she a true journalist, she would not have written a hit piece. She's a tool. Know the difference.

[Name removed]

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[me b zola]

26. Were you looking in the mirror when you posted?

:thumbsdown:

[stillcool]

27. boomerang!

[Skip Intro]

29. Amen.

[NorthernSpy]

30. stop talking about yourself!

:boring:

[Kurovski]

25. K&R. (nt)

[cooolandrew]

28. Very intresting indeed.

[Cha]

33. So the nyt is manipulating Obama's

campaign like they manipulated the War On Iraq with judy miller catapulting her propoganda everyday..they haven't learned a damn thing.