I remember seeing footage of Niger's President or Prime Minister, saying that Iraq had been tryng to get uranium from African nations for years. Never saw him quoted in the press once.
A "Controversial" story where CNN investigates and from an unspecified source states that it was a "Conspiracy" to justify a war and steal the oil from Iraq is much better.
They then give the story to a talking mushroom headed female telepromter in a two minute sound bite format and you have a hit story.
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