Posted on 10/27/2004 11:57:52 AM PDT by somerville
I appreciate your concerns about The Times's reporting on the explosives missing from the Al Qaqaa site in Iraq. However, I think it is much too early to come to a conclusion that there is error here. I note three factors in particular: NBC News's clarification of their early report; The Times's on-the-record citation of the unit commander who arrived at Al Qaqaa on April 10 asserting that his troops did not conduct a search; and, finally, some mixed signals from the White House. This story will, I am sure, continue to play out over the next several days. If The Times is indeed in error, that is certain to become clear, and I will say so in print. Until then, I can only suggest that you -- and I -- examine each charge and countercharge very carefully, and examine the evidence fully, before reaching conclusions.
Yours Sincerely, Daniel Okrent Public Editor N.B.: Any opinions expressed here, unless otherwise indicated, are solely my own
The NY Times has not offered a shred of proof to backup their story. If this happened in journalism school, the student might get a D or and F for not checking facts.
Great letter ! I strongly suggest that you send this to him.
Name: Dan Okrent
Public Edito, the New York Times
email: public@nytimes.com
In fact, they concocted the story in conjuction with Kamp Kerry.
Kerry is out today YELLING about how this story is a "growing scandal". He's right, but not in the way he intends to convey.
Unnngggggg!
The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me in spite of this I shall be confident.
Psalm 27:1-3
The Lord is in control and he will show his power once again. This is the best part of the game when it is in the 4th quarter and 2 mins left. That is when the juices start flowing and the fun begins and this is getting fun. GW is in a great position and one more long play and the game is over.
This election has been truly historic in so many ways, but the most powerful transparency is the exposure of the collusion between the media and the Rat Party. There is no longer a pretense of fairness left in the Stone-age press and have removed any ethics they had left from their reporting to become a 24/7 attack ad for Yaawn Cut & Ran Kerry.
DespeRat times call for despeRat measures and the Libs are on the precipice of extinction as we have known them. Rather than search out the truth, PravdABDNC has become destortors of the truth for the campaign. The forged AWOL documents was the beginning and now we have the phony explosive charges. We now find that the explosives were most likely never in the bunkers when our troops arrived and they refuse to print the truth. The Liberals are always more than eager to smear our Military and CIA to get at our President. For Libs that is a two-for. Now watch them try to drag out the Uranium scare or some other nebulous Monday Morning Armchair General attack.
This is how devoid of soul the Liberal Establishment has become. Rather than search for the news or provide a dialogue for important issues they have become Michael Mooreons distorting and framing GW with ridiculous charges. He has become the sloven standard bearer that the Old Media has lowered itself to.
We as a Country needed to have this revealed. We needed to have a clear delineation of how valid the information we have entering our homes and Country. Just as the Enron scandal was a blight on the investors in the short run, cleaning out the charlatans provided an important valuable service in the long run. It showed investors who to avoid and began a thorough evaluation of the accounting practices in industry. Cleaning out the Old York Times and the DNCBS of their charlatans will be a valuable service in the future for knowing who to believe and who to ignore, especially during these dangerous times.
This election has been an eye opening election for the entire Country. It is now crystal clear who and what we can and can’t trust. Unfortunately for the Stone-age press, they overplayed their hand and are headed for the Bomb Bunkers of History.
Pray for W and Our Election
I got the same one. Identical.
mkay, are they going to print your countercharges on the front page of their paper?
I got the same response this morning
The military was expecting to find HMX, RDX and PETN behind UN seals. They would have video taped for catalogue whatever the found. Or, as it turns out, taken video that showed none of the above explosives existed at Al Qaqaa.
It's sent.
Feel free to use it too if you like. No need to send original rebukes to canned responses.
(just correct second "stories" to "story's" last sentence first paragraph.)
Yes indeed...exactly the same. In my original letter I said that they would no doubt make a correction on the BACK page (as usual) and AFTER the election. But that many Americans, including myself, would not be fooled
They are despicable
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