90 Miles From Tyranny : New York Times Blames “Airplanes” For 9/11 Attack

infinite scrolling

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

New York Times Blames “Airplanes” For 9/11 Attack


Quickly deletes tweet after furious backlash.

The New York Times chose to honor the 18th anniversary of the September 11 atrocity by blaming “airplanes” for carrying out the attack.

Yes, really.

“18 years have passed since airplanes took aim and brought down the World Trade Center,” the Times tweeted from its official account.

null

The tweet prompted an immediate backlash, with respondents furious the Times appeared to be absolving the terrorists of blame and pinning the responsibility on inanimate objects instead.

The newspaper later deleted the tweet and half way apologized, tweeting, “We’ve deleted an earlier tweet to this story and have edited for clarity. The story has also been updated.”

We've deleted an earlier tweet to this story and have edited for clarity. The story has also been updated.
1,468 people are talking about this
“Imagine what it takes, as a newsroom with a huge editorial process, to get 9/11 so offensively incorrect. Scumbags,” tweeted Raheem Kassam.

“Airplanes took aim”

“2000 people”

Imagine what it takes, as a newsroom with a huge editorial process, to get 9/11 so offensively incorrect.

Scumbags.
View image on TwitterView image on Twitter
3,117 people are talking about this

The Times found itself in hot water only a few days ago for praising Mao Zedong, the Communist dictator who starved 45 million of his own people to death, as a...

Read More HERE

2 comments:

Sarthurk said...

That's exactly the same as blaming "assault weapons" on mass shootings. EXACTLY!

Unsolicited opinion. said...

Those are the same assholes whom blame a hammer for a bashed thumb instead of the incompetent asshole holding the hammer.
The scumbag asshole left have picked a side in this war and it isnt OUR side.