Having failed to report on the tumultuous events in Iran for nearly a year, the New York Times treated its readers last Thursday to an extensive description of a non-event.
Micheal Leeen seems to be selling all the nonsense that's fit to make a buck on...
Here's just the first dozen or so entries on "Iran reform" out of 764 hits from the last 90 days on the New York Times search engine.
---------------- Reviving Reform in Iran (NYT) Editorial
MAGAZINE | September 1, 2002 The Sullen Majority By TIM JUDAH (NYT) News
INTERNATIONAL | August 29, 2002 Iran's President Trying to Limit Power of Clergy By NAZILA FATHI (NYT) News
FOREIGN DESK | August 4, 2002 $ Turks May Face Long Road to the European Union By DANIEL SIMPSON (NYT) 685 words
WEEK IN REVIEW DESK | August 4, 2002 $ Ideas & Trends: Real Politics; When Energy Comes From Russia, It's Also Power By PATRICK E. TYLER (NYT) 1711 words
FOREIGN DESK | July 30, 2002 $ Reform Vital To Iran's Ties With Europe, Diplomat Says By NAZILA FATHI (NYT) 506 words
FOREIGN DESK | July 29, 2002 $ Court Disbands Iranian Party, Sentencing 33 Members to Jail By NAZILA FATHI (NYT) 442 words
FOREIGN DESK | July 7, 2002 $ Iran's Students Step Up Reform Drive By NAZILA FATHI (NYT) 1090 words
FOREIGN DESK | June 30, 2002 $ With Time Running Out, Bush Shifted Mideast Policy This article was reported by Patrick E. Tyler, David E. Sanger, Todd S. Purdum and Eric Schmitt and was written by Mr. Tyler. (NYT) 1662 words
EDITORIAL DESK | June 23, 2002 $ Iran By the Numbers By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN (NYT) Op-Ed 747 words
METROPOLITAN DESK | June 23, 2002 $ NEWS SUMMARY (NYT) Summary 613 words
THE ARTS/CULTURAL DESK | June 20, 2002 $ Arts Abroad; A Film Peers Into Tehran, Through a Hall of Mirrors By Alan Riding (NYT) 1211 words
EDITORIAL DESK | June 19, 2002 $ Iran and The War Of Ideas By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN (NYT) Op-Ed 863 words |