It was surprising to see that critical scholar Mahmood Mamdani's new book (which is largely about debunking Western notions about Darfur and genocide–something he discussed on CounterSpin) got a positive review in the New York Times (3/30/09). Today (4/3/09) the paper sort of apologizes, in an editor's note (only in the print edition, so far): The Books of the Times review on Monday was about Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics and the War on Terror, by Mahmood Mamdani, a professor of government at Columbia University. The review was written by Howard W. French, a former reporter for the New York [...]