Posted on 10/26/2004 8:19:31 AM PDT by Quilla
Edited on 10/26/2004 8:55:21 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
News of missing explosives in Iraq -- first reported in April 2003 -- was being resurrected for a 60 MINUTES election eve broadcast designed to knock the Bush administration into a crises mode...
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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE OCT 26 2004 11:02:38 ET XXXXX
60 MINS PLANNED BUSH MISSING EXPLOSIVES STORY FOR ELECTION EVE
News of missing explosives in Iraq -- first reported in April 2003 -- was being resurrected for a 60 MINUTES election eve broadcast designed to knock the Bush administration into a crises mode.
Jeff Fager, executive producer of the Sunday edition of 60 MINUTES, said in a statement that "our plan was to run the story on October 31."
Elizabeth Jensen at the LOS ANGELES TIMES details on Tuesday how CBS NEWS and 60 MINUTES lost the story [which repackaged previously reported information on a large cache of explosives missing in Iraq, first published and broadcast in 2003].
The story instead debuted in the NYT. The paper slugged the story about missing explosives from April 2003 as "exclusive."
An NBCNEWS crew embedded with troops moved in to secure the Al-Qaqaa weapons facility on April 10, 2003, one day after the liberation of Iraq.
According to NBCNEWS, the explosives were already missing when the American troops arrived.
It is not clear who exactly shopped an election eve repackaging of the missing explosives story.
The LA TIMES claims: The source on the story first went to 60 MINUTES but also expressed interest in working with the NY TIMES... "The tip was received last Wednesday."
CBSNEWS' plan to unleash the story just 24 hours before election day had one senior Bush official outraged.
"Darn, I wanted to see the forged documents to show how this was somehow covered up," the Bush source, who asked not to be named, mocked, recalling last months CBS airing of fraudulent Bush national guard letters.
Developing...
LOL!!! Shameless media whores.
Figures. Good job outing them Drudge!
Dan Rather's all lathered up about the NYTimes breaking his story early. He should send the lather to Michael Moore, who could then shave, and become only fat and ugly.
So, they were planning an ambush with no time to clarify, but the Slimes screwed their pooch? Man, gotta love the irony of that one.
The old media plays its cards: 2 Duces.
This is no real surprise considering Rather and Mary Mapes still have their jobs -- HELLO!!!!!!!!!!
CBS and the NYT are clearly trying to hijack our election.
These guys are nothing but thugs.
People can say what they want about Drudge but at least he can get the word out quickly and with wide internet coverage.
LOLOL they just won't stop, will they?
I'm shocked! /sarcasm
CBS stockholders, are you listening?
Got any 3's??....
It's nice to have this story, even though it's not true, come out now vs. a day or two before the election.
I'm waiting for that Kerry discharge story to break!!!
Is THIS all the lamestream media can come up with?????
Backfire!
I smell a Bush landslide...
seeBS has got to throw a net over Rather. He's like Captain Ahab and seeBS is the Pequod (or maybe Captain Queeg). I can't wait for the 'tell all' book that I'm sure is being written right now by his staff...LOL!
Lets get the emails going to the big wigs at CBS and let them know that we are sick and tired of this shameless crap from them! This is the last week for MSM to do their thing to get Kerry elected and we gotta be on the offense AND defense!
I hope so...
By now, I am a nervous wreck!
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