[AMDG&BVMH]

"Instead of reporting the story,"

they manufactured it

that is not News, no

BUT it is what 60 Minutes has always been doing

they call it "investigative reporting"

it is really: concept about bad capitalists or bad Republicans --> find some dirt --> if no dirt found, make up the dirt --> broadcast it breathlessly as an important, exclusive STORY

of course it is exclusive, since you invented it - HA

[DixieOklahoma]

where's the freaking statement!

Not that we don't kno^w what its going to say "we are right! look here we paid this 'exper^t' 100,000 dollars to 'revie^w these documents... it doesn't matter if they aren't independent, leave us alone you meanies"

-CBS NEWS

[jq2]

That's what happened over in England not too long ago when the newspapers put fake pictures of abuse by soldiers of Iraqi prisoners - the pictures were staged fakes - the editor got in trouble and his defense was "they represent the real story of what's happening over there" - same talking point you hear today "the memo represents what witnesses have said"