‘The New York Times Killed Me’: Times Journalist Who Died in Syria Said to Have Blamed Famous Paper
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New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid died in Syria (Photo: AP)
A Pulitzer prize-winning reporter who died in Syria allegedly told his wife before he left that, if anything were to happen to him, he wanted his death to be blamed on the New York Times.
Though the paper has a history of divulging compromising information, in this case the man was reportedly upset about the safety conditions of his assignment, particularly because he was suffering from health issues before he was sent to the country. He died of an acute asthma attack on February 16.
Politico has more information:
“The phone call the night before he left [Turkey for Syria], there was screaming and slamming on the phone in discussions with editors,” Ed Shadid, a cousin to the late reporter, said last night at the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee’s convention in Washington, D.C.
“It was at this time that he called his wife and gave his last haunting directive that if anything happens to me I want the world to know the New York Times killed me,” Ed Shadid said.
A spokesperson with the ADC confirmed those remarks to POLITICO, which were first made available in a rush transcript provided by ADC member William Youmans, who attended the event. Other attendees also tweeted the remark last night, noting the audience‘s surprise at Ed Shadid’s statements.
The ADC is working on a full press release and video of last night’s event, which will be made available later in the day…
A rush transcript of Shadid's remarks, linked to by Politico (Credit: Twitter/William Youmans)
The ADC says it was shocked by the allegations, but would prefer not to take a position on Shadid’s cause of death. Rather, it prefers to focus on his legacy.
While the New York Times originally declined to comment, a spokesperson for the paper now insists they never pressured Shadid into taking the assignment, and are in no way responsible for his death.
“Anthony’s death was a tragedy, and we appreciate the enduring grief that his family feels,” New York Times spokesperson Eileen Murphy said. “With respect, we disagree with Ed Shadid’s version of the facts. The Times does not pressure reporters to go into combat zones. Anthony was an experienced, motivated correspondent. He decided whether, how and when to enter Syria, and was told by his editors, including on the day of the trip, that he should not make the trip if he felt it was not advisable for any reason.”
The Washington Post, meanwhile, has re-evaluated a fourth-month old interview with Shadid’s widow, where she says she is “mad at journalism,“ saying it ”takes on fresh relevance” in light of the emerging allegations.
Here is full video of Ed Shadid’s speech, via the ADC (relevant comments around 5:20):
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david3755
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 10:47amSadly, he is not the first and will not be the last person killed by the times and their reporting. They go the extra mile to sell out America and put our allies in danger just to try and make a buck and seem relevant.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 1:23pmMillions have died by MSM non-reporting troughout the world.
Report Post »Joey Odendahl
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:15pmSadly, my gut feeling is that the NY Times will be more worried about how this story hurts their image than about the man who was killed (or the family he left behind). They and many others in the media act as if they have no souls.
Report Post »JEANNIEMAC
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 7:49pmThe NY Times has been in the pocket of the socialsists for many years. Read what David Rockefeller said:
“Some even believe we (the Rockefeller family) are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as ‘internationalists’ and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure—one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.”
–David Rockefeller, Memoirs, page 405
“We are grateful to The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time magazine, and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promise of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subject to the bright lights of publicity during those years. But the world is now more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The super-national sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries.”
—David Rockefeller, at a 1991 Bilderberger meeting
“We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order.”
—David Rockefeller
Report Post »Verum Ad Potentia
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 7:11pm“Where was the media then?” http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ey5Yr9kne2E
Report Post »MrSunshine
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:20pmHmm, I thought that was George C. Looney!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:51pmI have no Sympathy… for the NYT has been Killing this Republic!
Report Post »thesouthwasrght
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:13pmThese things have been in play a long, long, time. Who side was th NYT’s on back in 1860, and well before, when the debate was begun in earnest regarding the sovereignty of the states and the limitations of the federal gov?
Nothing has changed w/ these people and it will be a blessed day when they have to shut their doors.
Report Post »Micah.Stone
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:57pm‘The New York Times Killed Me’: Times Journalist Who Died in Syria Said to Have Blamed Famous Paper
Report Post »…the lunatic-left d-cRAT socialist have become the TOP MURDERERS in the world….
NYT murdering journalists, OBOZO murdering anybody he wants with a drone strike, holder murdering AT LEAST TWO US border patrol agents and thousand s of mexican citizen via Fast and Furious…
tothepoint
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:47pmThe Times, like their buddies in Obama’s gang, will compromise anyone to get what they want.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:36pmWhy do people give the New York Times ANY CREDIBILITY ????
It is owned by the Global Elite.
It is used as a tool to indoctrinate the masses into favoring an ideology that the Global Elite are pushing for.
Then the Progressive Infiltrators of America can use “democracy” to help make their agendas the laws of the land.
Just remember, MSNBC is owned by General Electric.
You are watching GE TV !!!!!!!!!!
90% of all American Media is owned by 6 Corporations:
http://www.infowars.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america/
Arron Russo explains how the global elite use democracy to carry out their agendas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RewUP-Fdhqk
CNBC admits what I have been saying for a long time.
Report Post »We are all Debt Slaves to the Global Elite !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF8wfUJ6sj8
ferdnerkel
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:10pmJournalism? by the NY Times? HA, HA, HA. These are the same fools who helped Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister get the Pulitzer prize for most influential “journalist” of the 20th century. the owners of that rag should be taken out and shot, the employees should be imprisoned, and the readers should be forced to pay restitution to all the people who suffered under NAZI persecution if for no other reason than that they hold to the same Socialist ideology.
Report Post »Shellback
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:53pmNYT aka Pravda West
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:39pmThe NYtimes will go under…eventually. Then..what will the liberal/communist do? They will have to find or create another paper of the same kind.
Report Post »happ77
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:05pmHow about liberal talk radio ? Oh wait that hasn’t worked
Report Post »out to well in the past.
13th Imam
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:26pmNY Times and journalism should never be used in the same sentence.
Report Post »guntotinsquaw
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:24pmY’all want to know how desperate the Times really is?? They called me in Arkansas for a subscription. I started laughing and told them I’d rather get the National Enquirer, better news source.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:04pmNew York Times = Obama’s liberal news print company-
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:01pmRemember,if I die of a heart attack which they say is stress related I want it blamed on the lies and Obama worship coming from msnbc….please watch my back and I will watch yours…thanks Blaze commentators….lol.
Report Post »lylejk
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:58amThe guy could have just refused then quit. That said, I still like Blaming the New York Times since this magazine’s controlled by some evil freaks imo. :)
Report Post »Parnell3rd
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:17amagreed!
Report Post »shogun459
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:57am“While the New York Times originally declined to comment, a spokesperson for the paper now insists they never pressured Shadid into taking the assignment, and are in no way responsible for his death.”
He had a choice; Go on this assignment or be fired and blacklisted out of the business for life. He chose to risk his life rather than be a waiter or dishwasher.
Report Post »Wes inTexas
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:39pmAnthony Shadid was actually one of the good guys, who really didn’t fit with the NYT and should have been with another paper, he had agreed to be interviewed by FNC‘s America’s Newsroom w/Meagan Kelly. He was Islamic in faith although he disagreed with the re-writes he found in history when he came across the original Qur‘an dated in the 1400’s and how it’s been bastardized over the centuries. He noted how the Administration was wrong about free enterprise is how this nation was formed and part of what made it an attractive place which is part of what drew immigrants to go through the process of becoming an American (this man worked for the Times?). They spoke briefly of the severity of his asthma, and that he had been requesting to be removed from the pool of going into war zones due to the pollution, from bombs and what they blow up. The Times agreed due to his health concerns, which is what the shouting arguments were about, leaving an assignment in Turkey (the Syrian military aircraft being shot down outside Syrian waters) to cover the war in Homs, Syria. The interview occurred just prior to his trip to Turkey. It would be toss up as to who is worse, the NYT or MSNBC.
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:40amThe NYTs is dying a slow death itself.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:34amThe New York Times, the mouthpiece of the international Left and their local leaky Obama franchise, is trying hard to kill American capitalism so this allegation does not surprise me . Ah, the Lefty media. So busy. And so un-American !
Report Post »malbro
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:18amIs it true he died of an asthma attack…………….
Report Post »shogun459
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:59amDeath of most kinds can be attributed to the person not breathing anymore, riiight.?
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:04amAs much as I disagree with the NY TIMES, they can not be blamed here. He had free will and choice. If he felt his life was being put in jeapordy by “ACCEPTING” this assignment, well, that was his decission after all. In all fairness, was it not?
Report Post »barber2
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:35amJust ties into the Lefty Blame Game mentality.
Report Post »yanki161
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:03amIt’s a tragedy. “If he only had a breathalyzer… I mean an inhalator.”
Report Post »RedDirtTexas
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:17amThat’s funny!
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