Herman on Jayson Blair and lies of the New York Times
'The New York Times cannot tolerate Jayson Blair‘s performance because lying is a sin, a “grave breach of journalistic standards”, an “abrogation of the trust between the newspaper and its readers...” But the New York Times itself, both as a media institution and the product that is delivered in its name on a daily basis, is built and thrives on structures of disinformation and selective information that constitute Big Lies. These structures do involve occasional direct lies, but far more important is their base in the conduiting of lies issued by official sources, lies by implication, and lies that are institutionalized by repetition and the refusal to admit contradictory evidence.'

'Even when CIA official Melvin Goodman testified at congressional hearings in 1991 that the CIA knew that the KGB and Bulgarians had nothing to do with the shooting [of the Pope in 1981] because the CIA had penetrated the Bulgarian secret services, the NYT suppressed this piece of information. In 1991 the paper reported that Allen Weinstein had gone over to Bulgaria to inspect files to find out the truth of the case, but it failed to report that he returned empty-handed.'

The New York Times had a big splash on the frauds of reporter Jayson Blair but they could never print the kind of expose that Herman here provides... this is the essence of the propaganda system.

Herman on Jayson Blair and lies of the New York Times
'The New York Times cannot tolerate Jayson Blair‘s performance because lying is a sin, a “grave breach of journalistic standards”, an “abrogation of the trust between the newspaper and its readers...” But the New York Times itself, both as a media institution and the product that is delivered in its name on a daily basis, is built and thrives on structures of disinformation and selective information that constitute Big Lies. These structures do involve occasional direct lies, but far more important is their base in the conduiting of lies issued by official sources, lies by implication, and lies that are institutionalized by repetition and the refusal to admit contradictory evidence.'

'Even when CIA official Melvin Goodman testified at congressional hearings in 1991 that the CIA knew that the KGB and Bulgarians had nothing to do with the shooting [of the Pope in 1981] because the CIA had penetrated the Bulgarian secret services, the NYT suppressed this piece of information. In 1991 the paper reported that Allen Weinstein had gone over to Bulgaria to inspect files to find out the truth of the case, but it failed to report that he returned empty-handed.'

The New York Times had a big splash on the frauds of reporter Jayson Blair but they could never print the kind of expose that Herman here provides... this is the essence of the propaganda system.