Elisabeth Bumiller

New York Times Re-runs Retracted Story on Guantanamo Detainees' "Return to Terror"

Shayana Kadidal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, New York Times, Elisabeth Bumiller, Clark Hoyt, Dean Baquet, War on Terror, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Media News
Shayana Kadidal

Nine months ago, the New York Times published an absurd story claiming that 1 in 7 Guantanamo detainees had "returned" to terrorism. Amazingly, the paper has rerun essentially the same story.

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Dan Froomkin

Fool Me Over and Over and Over Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Criticism, Guantanamo, New York Times, Mark Denbeaux, Seton Hall, Elisabeth Bumiller, Politics News

Our elite media has been repeatedly suckered into trumpeting glaringly unsupported assertions about the number of Guantanamo detainees that have "retu...

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NYTimes Reporter Casts Doubt On Own Claim That I In 7 Detainees Returned To Jihad

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jihad, Msnbc, Nytimes, Terrorism, Terrorism Detainees, Guantanamo, New York Times, Elisabeth Bumiller, Politics News

New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller is now casting doubt on the claim in her front page story today, pounced on by the right and quickly picked...

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McCain Loses Cool With NYT Reporter

AP | Libby Quaid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain Press, Elisabeth Bumiller, John McCain, Video, Media News

NEW ORLEANS -- Republican Sen. John McCain, showing a flash of the temper he is known for, repeatedly cut off a reporter Friday when asked whether he ...

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