NYT smears Nikki Haley over Obama's $53,000 UN curtains purchase

[rangerrebew]

September 14, 2018
NYT smears Nikki Haley over Obama's $53,000 UN curtains purchase
By Monica Showalter

Lacking a catch of late, the New York Times decided to pull a Scott Pruitt on United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, accusing her of being Extravagance Woman, a regular Stateside Imelda, based on a $53,000 purchase of customized and mechanized curtains for her United Nations apartment. It's got more than a whiff of the jobs they did on former EPA Director Scott Pruitt for his first-class airfare, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Tom Price for his chartered flights, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for his office doors, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson for his office table, and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin for his plane rides. Hey, what better way to pick off another Trump scalp?

The Times led with this breathless outrage to set the narrative:
 

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/nyt_smears_nikki_haley_over_obamas_53000_un_curtains_purchase.html

[ABX]

The curtains that Obama ordered in 2016, long before Hailey held that position?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/52-000-curtains-for-nikki-haleys-office-were-bought-by-obamas-state-department-not-trumps

So really, they should slam Obama.

[Frank Cannon]

Does anyone know if the curtains are nice? Finding nice curtains is tough. If they are nice it might be worth the $52K.

[Cyber Liberty]

Does anyone know if the curtains are nice? Finding nice curtains is tough. If they are nice it might be worth the $52K.

The important thing is...do they cover up the stains, peeling paint and plaster in the scuzzy old building?

[Bigun]

Have they been checked out for bugs?  All kinds!

[Emjay]

Does anyone know if the curtains are nice? Finding nice curtains is tough. If they are nice it might be worth the $52K.

LOL

[ABX]

Does anyone know if the curtains are nice? Finding nice curtains is tough. If they are nice it might be worth the $52K.

I suspect for that price, based on her position and the location of the office, those are specially made with sound-proofing and possibly bullet/shrapnel resistance. I wouldn't be surprised if all senior level government officials have similar things.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

http://futurefemaleleader.com/nikki-haley-curtains/ref/5/

When conservatives say that the media is biased, it’s because of stories like this. It’s not that we don’t want Republican politicians covered negatively when they deserve to be covered negatively. But, painting Ambassador Haley as the villain in this story is not only factually incorrect, it’s become malicious and demeaning. Nevertheless, the stories will most likely continue to run. I doubt we’ll see any feminist groups defending the first female governor of South Carolina.

[Wingnut]

For that money, I sure as hell hope the carpet matched the drapes.

[mountaineer]

The drapes were purchased several years before Nikki Haley came along - by Obama's State Department. This is one of the more pathetic NYT fake news efforts in recent memory.

[Emjay]

The drapes were purchased several years before Nikki Haley came along - by Obama's State Department. This is one of the more pathetic NYT fake news efforts in recent memory.

How long do you think it will be before they admit their mistake and apologize?

[Cyber Liberty]

 

[Wingnut]

How long do you think it will be before they admit their mistake and apologize?

The half assed "correction" is below:

The New York Times has added an editor’s note and changed the headline on a story that was widely criticized for reporting U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley has extravagant curtains in her official residence costing nearly $53,000, because the purchase was actually approved in 2016, under the Obama administration.

“An earlier version of this article and headline created an unfair impression about who was responsible for the purchase in question. While Nikki R. Haley is the current ambassador to the United Nations, the decision on leasing the ambassador’s residence and purchasing the curtains was made during the Obama administration, according to current and former officials,” the editor’s note states.

"The decision on leasing the ambassador’s residence and purchasing the curtains was made during the Obama administration."

- New York Times

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/09/14/new-york-times-admits-creating-unfair-impression-about-nikki-haleys-53g-curtains-that-were-okd-by-obama-administration.html

[mountaineer]

Oops! David Hogg burned by NY Times’ highly-misleading headline, blasts Nikki Haley for Obama’s dirty deed
September 14, 2018 | Tom Tillison



It would appear former Stoneman Douglass student David Hogg, who infamously called 5 million NRA members “child murderers,” has fewer people in his ear these days.

Meaning he’s on his own to formulate thoughts and opinions, and that’s not working out too well for him, as seen in a response to a New York Times article about $52,000 curtains in Ambassador Nikki Haley’s apartment in New York City.

Taking it upon himself to speak for the country, Hogg cited “starving children in America” in calling on Haley to “resign” for having the “audacity to misappropriate thousands of tax dollars for your own lavish lifestyle.”   ... BizPac Review