New York Times Killed "Bush Bulge" Story: "Five days before the presidential election, the New York Times killed a story about the mysterious object George W. Bush wore on his back during the presidential debates, journalist Dave Lindorff reveals in an exclusive report on this week's CounterSpin, FAIR's weekly radio show. The spiked story included compelling photographic and scientific evidence that would have contradicted Bush's claim that the bulge on his back was just a matter of poor tailoring.
'The New York Times assigned three editors to this story and had it scheduled to run five days before the election, which would have raised questions about the president's integrity,' said Lindorff. 'But it was killed by top editors at the Times; clearly they were chickening out of taking this on before the election.'
Lindorff says two other major newspapers, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, also decided not to pursue the story, which featured a leading NASA satellite photo imaging scientist's analysis of pictures of the president's back from the first debate."
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