GREG DJEREJIAN POINTS OUT MORE MAJOR ERRORS AT THE NEW YORK TIMES on the Niger uranium story. What’s wrong with the Times reporters?

It certainly gives teeth to what Tom Maguire said:

Is this the New NY Times – lock the top reporter in a closet with a 500 page Senate report and a five day deadline? And how is that different from my own humble little blogging, anyway – hey, I am covering this story with as many sources as the NY Times! And more links!

And when you see how badly they’re doing when all they have to do is sit in a closet with a 500 page report, it makes you wonder how well they report the things that require, you know, actual reporting.

UPDATE: This newer post by Tom Maguire is even more harsh regarding the Times’ reporting — or, perhaps I should say, non-reporting — on this topic.:

Perhaps the Times can provide an anniversary piece – “How Invisible Can 16 Words Be?”

I have three words for their “16 Words” coverage – “Where is it?”

It’s an absolute disgrace, and I hope that a major magazine will run a retrospective of this debacle — in which media members were (willingly?) fooled by Joe Wilson, ginned up a bogus scandal, and then failed to admit it, or even report the key facts — in a cover story naming names.

UPDATE: Greg Djerejian emails to note that the NYT has moved this story to a more prominent place on their website. “I guess the real test is what’s in the paper version-something I can’t check in London.” I can’t check it in my study, either. But regardless, they’re not treating it anywhere near as prominently as they did the original Wilson charges.