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Did The New York Times Criticize 'Epic Fury' Using the Man Investigated for Espionage With Iran? (Yes)

Brad Slager
Brad Slager  |  Mar 05, 2026
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Presentation Paradox – THE NEW YORK TIMES

  • You may want to find a more valid voice on the sanctity of the nation’s rights.

When you are so hung up on opposing the president that you turn a blind eye toward WHO is opposing him, you may have an institutional problem. At The Times, they printed an op-ed on why Operation Epic Fury is wrong, written by the duo of Robert Malley and Stephen Wertheim. 

Malley is a very telling choice for The Times, considering the former Iranian broker under President Obama was being investigated by the DOJ for possibly passing classified intel to Iranian officials and has seen his security clearances yanked. 

Both occurred under the Biden administration, for clarity.

BlueAnon – CNN

  • So…how and why was this permission granted…?

CNN came out with the big news that one of its foreign correspondents was able to get into Iran as Operation Epic Fury is underway. Reporter Fred Pleitgen is filing dispatches from the road as he has entered Tehran. 

He also noted that he was able to do so only with the permission of the government, which has raised questions as to how? One guess is that CNN is regarded as a sympathetic ear, given the very soft coverage it offered of the tens of thousands of protesters who have been murdered by the regime. Some are speculating just how the network has been able to curry favor with the authorities in the infamously tightly-reigned government.

Reporting on the Mirror – ASSOCIATED PRESS

  • There is no way this is considered a good idea…

Word has come out that the AP has internal dialogues taking place that show the news syndicate is not only embracing AI as a tool for its reporting, but it is also poised to become a huge component in generating news stories.

Slack channel discussions reveal that management has told staffers that it will be moving to an AI model where notes and outlines wil be submitted to AI programs so that those will generate the actual news items. One executive was saying that most of their editors were telling her that they preferred the pieces written by AI, before delivering this dark intonation:

“Resistance is futile.”

Border-line Obsession – THE ATLANTIC

  • Apparently, immigrants stop traveling after crossing into the country…?

Jemele Hill is a bafflement. How is someone this uninsightful able to manage a level of success?!

On her podcast, Jemele was ranting about people who complain about illegal immigration, especially those in the interior states, like Iowa, “...worried about an invasion, living in the middle part of the country where there ain’t no border or nothing, to ANY country!”

Now, in trying to follow Ms. Hill’s logic on this matter, is she suggesting that people who were able to travel over countries and found a way into our border are somehow stymied from being able to cross state lines?

Prose & Contradiction – THE ATHLETIC

  • Seems if you supported women, this would have been the original focus.

As we covered previously, the sports journalism sector was intent on crapping all over the accomplishments of the USA Hockey teams at the Olympics. Among the outlets that seemed obsessed with creating a rift in the country over this bonding moment was The New York Times sports outlet, The Athletic. 

There was plenty of energy from them to accuse the men’s team of sexism and proclaim how the women’s squad had been denigrated (all while they obliviously overshadowed the accomplishment of those women with their ginned-up controversy).

Now, The Athletic has finally come around to reporting positively on the gold medals, and does so by highlighting the iconic image of golden goal scorer Jack Hughes. In doing so, the outlet also noted that the image was taken by a female photojournalist, Elsa Garrison.

This means they previously overlooked this great shot being captured by a woman because they were so consumed with claims that the women’s team had been overlooked.