Why We've Lost Trust In Our Institutions

First off, I see this thing from the NYT — the country’s paper of record, let’s remember — ever-so-subtley titled, “America’s Monster”. The subhead is, “How the U.S. Backed Kidnapping, Torture and Murder in Afghanistan.” ...

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Note the similarity of the described conduct years ago in Afghanistan to what Hamas did in Israel on October 7 — similarity minus the hostage-taking, rapes, bashing in of infants’ heads, mutilation, gouged out eyes, burned-to-a-crisp limbs and lots more — things to which the Times has given occasional coverage but that have now largely disappeared in favor of nonstop stories about Hamas Palestinian suffering.

Has anyone seen NYT (or any MSM) coverage — much less coverage in extensive, lurid detail — of the ongoing captivity and brutalization of the scores of American and Israeli hostages, or at least the ones who haven't yet been tortured or starved to death? Surely some determined, investigative journalism could find a way to get that story, no?

Ed Morrissey

We have first-person evidence of this -- again -- in today's release of Hamas' hostage video from October 7. As if 3:30 pm ET today, that story didn't appear on the NYT's landing "front" page ...but the story William cites is still prominently listed. 

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