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This Is What Propaganda Looks Like

Why is the New York Times rushing to explain away a drone strike which killed ten innocent people?

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Jack Mirkinson
Aug 31, 2021
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Below, you will find the front page of Tuesday morning's New York Times.

Front pages are not as significant as they once were—the Times has been quite open about the deprioritization of its printed product—but they are still the most permanent, tangible indication of how a newspaper thinks about any given story, and they are still every bit as reflective…

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