NYT cuts AIPAC references from Syria story

[Enrique]

pay no attention to the 800-pound-gorilla...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/176001/nyt-cuts-references-aipac-syria-debate#axzz2dqdnGdLi

It was startling though not exactly surprising. Web detectives spotted it fairly easily. I saw it first from M.J. Rosenberg but perhaps someone else had earlier. The Daily Beast and others referred to the grafs before they were cut. The Boston Globe published it earlier in picking up The New York Times story, for example, and they still have it online.

This was cut from the Times' top story of the day, on their site and in print:

Administration officials said the influential pro-Israel lobby group Aipac was already at work pressing for military action against the government of Mr. Assad, fearing that if Syria escapes American retribution for its use of chemical weapons, Iran might be emboldened in the future to attack Israel. In the House, the majority leader, Eric Cantor of Virginia, the only Jewish Republican in Congress, has long worked to challenge Democrats’ traditional base among Jews.

One administration official, who, like others, declined to be identified discussing White House strategy, called Aipac “the 800-pound gorilla in the room,” and said its allies in Congress had to be saying, “If the White House is not capable of enforcing this red line” against the catastrophic use of chemical weapons, “we’re in trouble.”

Update: All of the many changes in the story tracked here.

[warrant46]

1. Shocking !

[JRLeft]

2. We have to attack Syria because Israel assumes iran may try it?

This is ridiculous.

[KG]

3. NYT LOL n/t

[WillyT]

4. K & R !!!