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On March 16, it headlined, "Contempt for International Law: A Survey of New York Times and Washington Post Editorials on Iran," saying:
Both broadsheets regurgitate official lies, debase international and constitutional law, and betray their readers in the process.
A two-year analysis of their editorials on Iran's nuclear program provides ample evidence. NY Times eXaminer covered the period March 16, 2010 through March 15, 2012.
The NYT had 18 editorials, the Post 22. How US and Israeli actions and threats spurn international law got no mention. One NYT and two Post editorials addressed the effect of sanctions on ordinary Iranians. Only power, not people, matter.
Iranian civilians' views on imposed sanctions were ignored. One NYT and no Post editorial recognized Iran's legal right to develop nuclear power like dozens of other countries worldwide. Except for North Korea, none face US sanctions, including known nuclear outlaws India, Pakistan and Israel.
All are nuclear armed and dangerous. The topic went unaddressed. In contrast, each paper supported US/UN sanctions in 17 editorials. The same number in both spuriously claimed Iran seeks nuclear weapons. Doing so ignores years of US intelligence and IAEA assessments, as well as Israel's Mossad.
Both papers "go beyond simply ignoring the law," the eXaminer said. They cheerlead Obama keeping "all options....on the table." They include preemptive, aggressive, illegal war against a nonbelligerent country threatening no one.
Both papers know it, but support lawlessness anyway. The Post even criticized Obama for being soft. Neither broadsheet ever met a US war or planned one they didn't wholeheartedly endorse.
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