NY Times published fake letter from Paris mayor regarding Caroline Kennedy

The New York Times, or what they should be called, the New York Obama Times  admitted Monday it published a fake letter purportedly from the mayor of Paris criticizing Caroline Kennedy’s Senate bid as “appalling” and “not very democratic.” According to Breitbart,  Monday’s edition said: “What title has Ms. Kennedy to pretend to Hillary Clinton’s seat? We French can only see a dynastic move of the vanishing Kennedy clan in the very country of the Bill of Rights. It is both surprising and appalling.”   The editor’s note posted Monday on the NYT site, said the letter signed by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe should not have been published because it violated the paper’s standards and procedures.  Virginie Christnacht, head of Delanoe’s press office in Paris, told the AP the letter was a fake. Here’s the quote: “We have asked The New York Times for a denial and an apology,” she said. “Clearly, this was never sent by Bertrand Delanoe.” The New York Obama Times blamed the mistake on “a failure to verify the authenticity of a letter that arrived by e-mail”. Asked to comment, Times spokeswoman Catherine J. Mathis referred the AP to the paper’s Web site. Looks like sweet-Caroline is getting a bit of the Sarah Palin treatment.

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December 22, 2008 · Filed Under Democrats, Liberal Media Bias, liberals, New York Times


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