He is a native of Wellesley, Mass. Fager was graduated from Colgate University in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in English and political science.
Posted on 10/25/2004 11:33:01 PM PDT by picturefan
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NBCNEWS: CACHE OF EXPLOSIVES VANISHED FROM SITE IN IRAQ BEFORE TROOPS ARRIVED...
The NYTIMES urgently reported on Monday in an apprent October Surprise: The Iraqi interim government and the U.N. nuclear agency have warned the United States that nearly 380 tons of powerful conventional explosives are now missing from one of Iraq's most sensitive former military installations.
[The source behind the NYT story first went to CBSNEWS' 60 MINUTES last Wednesday, but the beleaguered network wasn't able to get the piece on the air as fast as the newspaper could print. Executive producer Jeff Fager hoped to break the story during a high-impact election eve broadcast of 60 MINS on October 31.]
They make me sick!
we should all write letters to the FEC and FCC and have CBS and NY TIMES declared as partisan advertising for the Dems
This looks "so" coordinated.
I am trying to think who shopped this around.
Joe Wilson? Hans Blix?
Mary Mapes. Just an obvious guess.
Someone start a petition.... I will sign.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/27/60minutes/main538059.shtml
The decision was part of an agreement between Hewitt and CBS News announced Monday by Andrew Heyward, president of CBS News. In June 2004, Hewitt will relinquish his executive producer post to Jeff Fager, currently the executive producer of 60 Minutes II.
The IAEA chief himself elbaradiot himself, was shopping this story after getting a letter from an Iraqi official.
Karl Rove might have helped that Iraqi official with his letter....
Rathergate Redux.
Dang straight .. I've been saying this all day
The only accountability leftists ever see a need for is when it concerns a non-leftist.
Yes, let's hope Drudge or someone else has the goods on just WHO was selling this bogus story! And did Joe Lockhart play a role??? He sure is desperately trying to protect a story that is going down in flames (from Kerry's standpoint). Was 60 Minutes truly prepared to broadcast this crap 36 hours before the start of the 2004 Presidential Election???? We've got to find out about that - it would be one more piece of evidence showing the grotesque biases of the MSM (but there's so much evidence already for anyone willing to notice it).
Mr. Fager has been a busy little bee since June, hasn't he?
wizbang suggests it was someone who is a source for the Talking Points blog
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_10_24.php#003777
He's been busy alright. Busy building a reputation as a snot-nosed punk.
He is a native of Wellesley, Mass. Fager was graduated from Colgate University in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in English and political science.
Time to send this info out to everyone we know and to the rest of the media.
So they kind of shot their load. All bat, no game.
> I love how all these smear jobs on Bush are backfiring!
Which other ones? The only two that come to mind are this and the Rather fiasco. And the Rather one sure didn't backfire enough, there is still a "CBS."
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