Comments on: Did the New York Times Cross the Line Between a Free Press and Treason? http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/did-the-new-york-times-cross-the-line-between-a-free-press-and-treason/ Speaking Out For The Silent Majority (TM) Sat, 26 May 2012 02:52:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: California Conservative » Democrats Assail GOP Fundraising Effort http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/did-the-new-york-times-cross-the-line-between-a-free-press-and-treason/comment-page-1/#comment-249990 California Conservative » Democrats Assail GOP Fundraising Effort Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:41:13 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/?p=3393#comment-249990 [...] “Once the RNC learned of this error we ceased distribution of the e-mail,” said Tracey Schmitt, a party spokeswoman. Too bad. It seems more timely and apropos than ever. In public relations, if major events coincide with your message, it’s called a victory. Democrats didn’t accept the explanation. What else is news? “The defeat of the London plot is a warning that we should redouble our efforts to defeat terrorism. It shouldn’t be used as a political defibrillator by Republicans on electoral life support,” said Phil Singer, a spokesman for the Senate Democrats’ campaign committee. You mean sorta like this press statement for the DNC? The day the Britain plot was foiled, Republicans and Democrats accused the other of doing too little to deter the threat of attack. But we know what party the New York Times subscribes to. We must implement the strong recommendations of the independent 9/11 commission to improve airport security screening at checkpoints,” said House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, stressing one of the party’s principal campaign-year promises in its drive to gain control of Congress. Yeah, sure, Nancy. Just as long as it doesn’t infringe on any far-left, ACLU-litigated liberties, right? [...] [...] “Once the RNC learned of this error we ceased distribution of the e-mail,” said Tracey Schmitt, a party spokeswoman. Too bad. It seems more timely and apropos than ever. In public relations, if major events coincide with your message, it’s called a victory. Democrats didn’t accept the explanation. What else is news? “The defeat of the London plot is a warning that we should redouble our efforts to defeat terrorism. It shouldn’t be used as a political defibrillator by Republicans on electoral life support,” said Phil Singer, a spokesman for the Senate Democrats’ campaign committee. You mean sorta like this press statement for the DNC? The day the Britain plot was foiled, Republicans and Democrats accused the other of doing too little to deter the threat of attack. But we know what party the New York Times subscribes to. We must implement the strong recommendations of the independent 9/11 commission to improve airport security screening at checkpoints,” said House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, stressing one of the party’s principal campaign-year promises in its drive to gain control of Congress. Yeah, sure, Nancy. Just as long as it doesn’t infringe on any far-left, ACLU-litigated liberties, right? [...]

]]> By: Thomas J. Jackson http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/did-the-new-york-times-cross-the-line-between-a-free-press-and-treason/comment-page-1/#comment-204722 Thomas J. Jackson Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:26:49 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/?p=3393#comment-204722 How does the media justify such actions. If we are not to have a censored media then it must exercise good judgement and professionalism something it has demonstrated time after time it cannot do when faced with the spectre of a scoop. Therefore sending the publisher, editior and reporters to prision for ten years each would probably serve to remind the press that the Espionage Act remains and the lst amendment is not a get out of jail free card that trumps everything. How does the media justify such actions. If we are not to have a censored media then it must exercise good judgement and professionalism something it has demonstrated time after time it cannot do when faced with the spectre of a scoop. Therefore sending the publisher, editior and reporters to prision for ten years each would probably serve to remind the press that the Espionage Act remains and the lst amendment is not a get out of jail free card that trumps everything.

]]> By: tom http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/did-the-new-york-times-cross-the-line-between-a-free-press-and-treason/comment-page-1/#comment-204341 tom Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:38:05 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/?p=3393#comment-204341 This is inherent proof that we do not live in a police state. The next time someone starts with the Bush=Nazi meme, one need only point out that the Times violated our national security by revealing an important terrorist-fighting program (and rendering it ineffective) and the Times has not yet been shut down. Lincoln would have thrown the publisher in jail--and he wan't even trying to defend us from enemy attack, he was just trying to preserve the union. In this case, the NYT has crossed the line to give aid and comfort to the enemy. The revealing of this particular program served no measurable public good, other than to put money in the pockets of the publishers and serve as an attempt to make the current administration look bad. On the other hand, it did make our enemies accutely aware of the particular workings of a program that we had used to successfully fight terrorists worldwide. This is inherent proof that we do not live in a police state. The next time someone starts with the Bush=Nazi meme, one need only point out that the Times violated our national security by revealing an important terrorist-fighting program (and rendering it ineffective) and the Times has not yet been shut down.

Lincoln would have thrown the publisher in jail–and he wan’t even trying to defend us from enemy attack, he was just trying to preserve the union.

In this case, the NYT has crossed the line to give aid and comfort to the enemy. The revealing of this particular program served no measurable public good, other than to put money in the pockets of the publishers and serve as an attempt to make the current administration look bad.

On the other hand, it did make our enemies accutely aware of the particular workings of a program that we had used to successfully fight terrorists worldwide.

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