Reply #11: The wheels are coming off the Times story

[pinboy3niner]

Just a couple of examples:

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CT-Sen: NY Times blows Blumenthal story
by kos
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It's pretty bad when the NY Times gets owned by an AP fact check.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/5/19/867993/-CT-Sen:-NY-Times-blows-Blumenthal-story
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The flaws in the NYT Blumenthal story

By Colin McEnroe on May 19, 2010 3:10 PM

I think it may be appropriate for the New York Times public editor to look at the paper's initial Blumenthal bombshell story.

The whole article, as I have written before, seemed like weak journalism with very little meat on its bones. There was one "smoking gun" -- the Norwalk clip. The rest of the story relied heavily on implication and suggestion and the vague claim that the idea of Blumenthal's service in Vietnam was a widely accepted part of his "public biography." . . . .

Read more:
http://blogs.courant.com/colin_mcenroe_to_wit/2010/05/the-flaws-in-the-nyt-blumentha.html
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And Blumenthal hasn't been "swiftboated" out. See:

Blumenthal still in the race
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8371830