Bin Laden story vanishes from front page of New York Times - Polidicks

[IMG]http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2014/03/23/1226862/510559-4fac71b2-b22f-11e3-995d-6099a80e173b.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]INTERNATIONAL editions of the New York Times appeared in Pakistan on Saturday with a huge gaping white space where a story on Pakistan’s alleged ties to Osama bin Laden should have been, according to multiple reports from journalists and observers in the region. The Carlotta Gall story, “What Pakistan Knew About Bin Laden,” has been much ballyhooed in the US press for several days now. It’s actually a much broader retelling of Gall’s frustration at being stonewalled for years by US and Pakistani officials over the latter government’s messy involvement with jihadism. But it also reassesses longstanding rumours that the ISI, Pakistan’s intelligence agency, had sheltered the al-Qaeda sheik until his killing by US military forces in 2011. (It’s an allegation that’s not without its critics, even today.) It ran on the front page of the Times’ international edition published in Asia on Saturday. Source: [URL="http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/bin-laden-story-vanishes-from-front-page-of-new-york-times/story-fnh81ifq-1226862510181"]http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/bin-laden-story-vanishes-from-front-page-of-new-york-times/story-fnh81ifq-1226862510181[/URL][/QUOTE]

They obviously didn't want to get backlash from the Pakistani government/people

Oh shit,Bin Laden got killed in 2011? Feels like it was in late 2012 or something. Time flies.

It's a little weird that it's not just the story missing, but a lot of the other stories on the front page have their titles changed.

[QUOTE=fruxodaily;44328492]They obviously didn't want to get backlash from the Pakistani government/people[/QUOTE] But to simply wipe the story from the paper? Why not place one of the other frontpage stories there instead?

[QUOTE=Holt!;44328643]But to simply wipe the story from the paper? Why not place one of the other frontpage stories there instead?[/QUOTE] because it was hastily done. [editline]23rd March 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Tinter;44328608]It's a little weird that it's not just the story missing, but a lot of the other stories on the front page have their titles changed.[/QUOTE] They probably changed some of the titles and wording so their demographic could understand it. Some people there might not know where Beijing is, but they probably know what China is.

[QUOTE=Holt!;44328643]But to simply wipe the story from the paper? Why not place one of the other frontpage stories there instead?[/QUOTE] For some reason my brain farted and I though this was a bad attempt at a toilet paper joke

[QUOTE=Holt!;44328643]But to simply wipe the story from the paper? Why not place one of the other frontpage stories there instead?[/QUOTE] its a way to protest the censorship, they are technically complying but everybody knows whats going on

[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;44328658] They probably changed some of the titles and wording so their demographic could understand it. Some people there might not know where Beijing is, but they probably know what China is.[/QUOTE] Just realized I didn't read the article correctly, somehow skipped over the part where this newspaper was published in Pakistan.

Shit like this makes me embarrassed to be pakistani

The story is probably hiding in a cave in Afghanistan this time.

It was the illermindaddiodadidididdlydiddlyhowdiddlyhodiddlydimdangdiddlydongdongdoowahdiddydiddydumdiddydoo.

[QUOTE=Zotobom;44328569]Oh shit,Bin Laden got killed in 2011? Feels like it was in late 2012 or something. Time flies.[/QUOTE] I remembered it was 2011 because IIRC it wasn't that long after Portal 2 was released and PSN went down.

He who rewrites history also controls the future.

I don't get what the controversy is. They DID help Osama.

[QUOTE=mchapra;44328710]Shit like this makes me embarrassed to be pakistani[/QUOTE] Would this story cause violence?

[QUOTE=toaster468;44331158]I don't get what the controversy is. They DID help Osama.[/QUOTE] But they can't just admit it, because the US pretty much funds their defense.

[QUOTE=Holt!;44328643]But to simply wipe the story from the paper? Why not place one of the other frontpage stories there instead?[/QUOTE] To make a point? If they are being forced (either actually forced or avoiding repercussions from shareholders or something) they might want to make it obvious.

Reminds me of [URL="http://i.eatliver.com/2011/8080.jpg"]this[/URL]

[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;44331452]What the fuck, seriously?[/QUOTE] Clearly America cannot handle complex topics.

[QUOTE=Scot;44331394]Reminds me of [URL="http://i.eatliver.com/2011/8080.jpg"]this[/URL][/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TT81o4hL4c[/media]

of course it was, free press doesnt exist in america

[QUOTE=Stroma;44331987]of course it was, free press doesnt exist in america[/QUOTE] ouch! i hope next time you read the article champ

subtle and i wouldn't have seen the difference if it wasn't pointed out

[QUOTE=Bazsil;44332586]ouch! i hope next time you read the article champ[/QUOTE] i read the quoted text

[QUOTE=Stroma;44332609]i read the quoted text[/QUOTE] Go on and read those first ten words aloud

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[QUOTE=Stroma;44331987]of course it was, free press doesnt exist in america[/QUOTE] Except thats blatantly untrue

Doc and Marty went back to 1991 and killed Osama. [IMG]http://public.media.smithsonianmag.com/legacy_blog/1989-back-to-the-future-usa-today.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;44331213]Would this story cause violence?[/QUOTE] It wouldn't on its own but someone in a high position could spin it around as american anti pakistan propaganda.