[BlackRazor]

"Some more reporters should have been mentioning the memo, if only to question its legitimacy."

At least one publication has done just that:

http://www.mediainfo.com/editorandpublisher/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2030480

[Coop]

The link you provide is less than impressive. That author used one sentence, out of context, from the DoD press release to pound on conservative news outlets.

[Gothmog]

Thanks for the link.

"By Seth Porges

"NEW YORK -- Several newspapers and other media outlets had egg on their face Monday after reporting or endorsing a Weekly Standard story revealing new evidence of an 'operational relationship' between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden.

"Several outlets, including the New York Post, The Washington Times and FOX News, ran with the story. There was just one problem: On Saturday, the Pentagon issued a press release stating that 'news reports that the Defense Department recently confirmed new information with respect to contacts between al-Qaida and Iraq ... are inaccurate.'

"Despite this, the New York Post on Monday titled its editorial on the subject: 'Bush Was Right.'"

I am interested in why the DoD was so quick with their weasely-worded statement and am wondering why no reporters have called the CIA and asked them to debunk it. The left seems very anxious to keep this quiet.