Remember that time when you were ten and you broke your mom's favorite something-or-another and instead of risking the severe punishment of time out you conveniently blame the sister, dog or best friend that wasn't even home at the time of the crime.
Well in the scenario of Iraq, Bush = the sister. Media = the dog, and other top White House officials are the best friends that went and done someone wrong.....
A CNN article today said that the Bush admin lied about Iraq over 900 times before the war was declared.
According to the article, here's the scene: a nasty nuclear rumor was told one of Momma's favorite oil producing countries.
The sister claims she thought it was true. (and so acted on it) She blames her friends (those back-stabbing sluts).
The friends say, "Like whatever, it was totally you and the dog totally let you do it." (That stupid dog... )
From the article:
The overview of the study also calls the media to task, saying most media outlets didn't do enough to investigate the claims.
"Some journalists -- indeed, even some entire news organizations -- have since acknowledged that their coverage during those prewar months was far too deferential and uncritical," the report reads. "These mea culpas notwithstanding, much of the wall-to-wall media coverage provided additional, 'independent' validation of the Bush administration's false statements about Iraq."
Thoughts???
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My question is: why is this story not on the front page of CNN.com? Instead they have ones about UFOs in Texas, sasquatch speculation about an image of Mars, and Heath Ledger's kindness. Arent these false statements about the lead-up to Iraq a little more important?
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