Comments on: Close Call http://www.israellycool.com/2004/05/20/close-call/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:23:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2004/05/20/close-call/comment-page-1/#comment-1449 Anonymous Thu, 20 May 2004 09:05:00 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2004/05/20/close-call/#comment-1449 At first, I thought it was Bennet, too. Now, I'm not sure it's Bennet. The story reads like coloquial "New Yawk" English. "Dere was dis guy, you know? And he gots himself kidnapped." If the grammar is bad, then it shows the NYT is now not editing for grammar in addition to bias and facts. Either way, for him to say it was highly unusual in the aftermath of Danny Pearl, Nick Berg, and Palestinian Shiite kidnappings in Lebanon in the 80's in outright incompetence on the part of the reporter, and he is not fit to serve on that beat. At first, I thought it was Bennet, too. Now, I’m not sure it’s Bennet. The story reads like coloquial “New Yawk” English.

“Dere was dis guy, you know? And he gots himself kidnapped.”

If the grammar is bad, then it shows the NYT is now not editing for grammar in addition to bias and facts.

Either way, for him to say it was highly unusual in the aftermath of Danny Pearl, Nick Berg, and Palestinian Shiite kidnappings in Lebanon in the 80′s in outright incompetence on the part of the reporter, and he is not fit to serve on that beat.

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