THE NEW YORK TIMES VS THE FACTS ON THE GROUND

Interesting story about a "journalist" the Times profiled after his recent arrest in Bangladesh.

The NYT editorial was titled "The Risks of Journalism in Bangladesh" and said that [journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib] Choudhury "Had a rare virtue—he champions dialogue and decency in a culture hemmed in by extremism and corruption." It also observed that Mr. Choudhury's mistreatment was not occurring in a vacuum and that Muslim extremism was growing in Bangladesh with violence against journalists who stand up to the ruling party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, increasing. Noting that Bangladesh may now be among the world's most dangerous countries for journalists, the newspaper said, "That makes Mr. Choudhury's courageous stand for Muslim-Jewish dialogue all the more admirable — and vital to defend."

There's just one teeny little problem with the Times' analysis--he's a Muslim fundamentalist himself. His idea of "dialogue" apparently includes the usual Islamicist diatribes, blood libels, etc.