National Post Apologizes For ‘Jew Labeling’ Story
The Canadian paper that alarmed so many, myself included, with its story of distinguishing clothing for Jews in Iran, has completely backed away now:
The National Post ran the piece on its front page Friday along with a large photo from 1944 that showed a Hungarian couple wearing the yellow stars that the Nazis forced Jews to sew to their clothing.
The story, which included tough anti-Iran comments, was picked up widely by Web sites and by other media.
“Is Iran turning into the new Nazi Germany? Share your opinion online,” the paper asked readers Friday.
But the National Post, a longtime supporter of Israel and critic of Tehran, admitted Wednesday it had not checked the piece thoroughly enough before running it.
“It is now clear the story is not true,” Douglas Kelly, the National Post’s editor in chief, wrote in a long editorial on Page 2. “We apologize for the mistake and for the consternation it has caused not just National Post readers, but the broader public who read the story.”
Let’s hope that’s the end of that…
too soon…A B C…news media…always ahead of the news cylce (however at least these guys had the decency to admit they erred)
I know I link to LiberalOasis a lot, but they talk about this story a lot. They make a good point that whenever a story that has broad insinuations comes out about Iran, confirming the original source is key. Of course, they do have the standard canard about anti-reality right, but try to overlook that snark.
Don’t know if anyone noticed, but I threw this up on another thread because you hadn’t mentioned this topic in awhile. I shall keep the above point in mind and continue to remain as skeptical of Iran’s good intentions as I can (and you know how optimistic I am about this) until further stories confirm Iran is serious. Here is part of my reason for optimism:
“Analysts, including American specialists on Iran, emphasized that the contents of the letter are less significant than its return address. No other Iranian president had attempted direct contact with his U.S. counterpart since the countries broke off diplomatic relations after student militants overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979, holding 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.”
That certainly does say something. Whether or not you choose to see this as genuine or a political ploy, it’s a political ploy/effort that has not been used in quite some time.
Yeah, I saw the story, and I almost commented (favorably) on it. Then, on the very same day, I noted that Iran tested a long-range missile.
Wish I could share your optimism…
Not sure there is much to this article, Mark. Especially with this graf:
“The exact range was not known, but the source added the testing did not appear to represent any technological advancement. The last test was believed to have been conducted in January, the source said.”
Not that this says too much, but I’m tempted to take this with a grain of salt as it’s Israeli intelligence reporting this…
Also, WTF is with this:
“Israel sent warplanes to destroy Iraq’s main atomic reactor at Osiraq in 1981 and has not ruled out similar actions to prevent its arch-foe from getting the bomb should U.S-led diplomatic pressure on Tehran fail. ”
US-led diplomatic pressure? Are they kidding?