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When Editing is Censoring at the New York Times

(Jerusalem Post) Andrea Levin - The editors at the New York Times accepted an op-ed by Professor Anne Bayefsky, noted scholar of international and human rights law, that was critical of the United Nations and human rights groups for their distorted focus on Israel and their "diversion" from confronting actual rights abusers. Yet the Times demanded extensive revisions to delete criticism of the UN, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International, and to whitewash their scapegoating of Israel, before the neutered column was finalized for publication.
2002-07-30 00:00:00
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