NYT HAILS Chinese Propagandist Who Ran ‘China’s Version of Fox News’

Curtis Houck
December 16th, 2021 8:58 PM

The New York Times willfully suffered on Thursday what could only be referred to as its “austere religious scholar” moment (as a callback to The Washington Post’s obituary of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) as it touted the retirement of the editor in chief for the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece the Global Times, trumpeting Hu Xijin as having helmed “some have called…

 
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CNN Whines Over 41 ‘Most Shocking’ Lines From Trump’s Baghdadi Speech

Scott Whitlock
October 28th, 2019 11:45 AM
In case you were worried, CNN is here to tell you: The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at the hands of the U.S. military over the weekend won’t interrupt the impeachment push. In a series of articles on CNN.com, the liberal cable channel showcased a single-minded focus on impeachment, as well as irritation at how Donald Trump announced the death of the brutal thug. 
 

Reuters Revives Bogus Mr. Baghdadi as Al Qaeda-Iraq Spokesman

Mark Finkelstein
December 4th, 2007 12:07 PM
Can I get an "argh"?As detailed here, "Abu Omar al-Baghdadi" was long-ago outed as a figment of al Qaeda-in-Iraq's imagination, a transparent attempt to give a home-grown flavor to the foreign-controlled AQI operation by claiming that the non-existent Baghdadi, supposedly an Iraqi, was AQI's leader.But despite the debunking of the bogus Mr. Baghdadi, the environmentally-sensitive Reuters recycles…