And your substantiated assertion is that the Egyptian revolutionary cadres are avid readers of the NYT? That while their compatriots were being slaughtered they were taking breaks to debate Brooks, Dowd, and the Moustache of Understanding?

Your compelling evidence for this is where, exactly?

I'm sure that Angry Arab will be delighted to know that his own biography doesn't count as evidence of achievement.

Still - I expect he can console himself with the thought that if he was writing for the NYT you'd believe everything he said, based on its proven expertise, impeccable track record, and convincing contrition when caught lying.