...No doubt the same editorial news judgment that neglects the obsessive attacks on Israel, prompted the Times essentially to ignore Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's September 24, 2009 address to the UN General Assembly in New York. The Israeli leader's speech (see in full below) was a call to action against one of the most grotesque propagandists of our time -- a Holocaust denier sworn to Israel's destruction whose regime is working to develop nuclear weapons to implement its aims. The Israeli leader also used the forum to expose Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's lies about the Holocaust as well as to challenge the distortions of the UN's new Goldstone Report related to the recent Gaza conflict. In addition, he warned of the peril the world generally faces should weapons of mass destruction fall into the hands of radical Islamicists.

The paper chose to bury reference to the Israeli leader's appearance in the second half of a story by Neil MacFarquhar at the bottom of page 6 entitled "With Bush Gone, Chavez Smells No Sulfur, While Netanyahu Assails Iran's Leader" (Sept 25). A small photo of Netanyahu was paired with one of equal size of Hugo Chavez...