NYT’s Risen Hits Back At Critics On Afghan Minerals Story, Raises More Questions
Over the weekend, the New York Times‘s James Risen had an attention-grabbing story that touted the discovery of “nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan” said to be “far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself.”
The story was met with substantial criticism since the news of the mineral riches was not exactly new, which led many to question the convenient timing of the piece. The Atlantic‘s Marc Ambinder, for example, said it “suggest[ed] a broad and deliberate information operation designed to influence public opinion on the course of the war.”
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