Posted on 10/28/2004 3:09:27 PM PDT by Smogger
Many people are talking about reports of a new videotape that purportedly shows an al-Qaeda terrorist threatening an attack on the United States if President George W. Bush is re-elected.
ABC News has obtained a copy of the tape but is not convinced of its authenticity and has not aired it.
The network issued the following statement Thursday:
"ABC News has shared this tape with both the CIA and the FBI as part of our reporting process. ABC News is committed to accurate, credible and complete journalism, and is applying the same scrutiny to this tape that we apply to all raw information. ABC News continues to report this story aggressively."
I thought Drudge reported the tape HAS been authenticated...
What's up with this?
"ABC News is committed to accurate, credible and complete journalism..."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHAHAAAAAH!!!!!
You left out the last sentence of the press release: "ABC will broadcast the tape when it is properly authenticated or after the election, whichever happens last."
Give it time and freep on...even if they don't air it, the more chatter the better...it takes wind out of the explosives and shows the terrorists are afraid of a Bush victory.
It's a non-denial denial. They're screwed.
I was arguing this point on several threads earlier. Those are ABC's words. The speaker says we will be attacked "if President George W. Bush is re-elected." not because he was elected in 2000!
No doubt that if the tape could be used against President Bush it would have been aired immediately after receipt.
Keep FReepin' 'em - although you have to admit, the speed with which the MSM is being slapped around by the blogosphere is starting to make them just a little twitchy. It's hardly been 24 hours since this broke and they're already issuing reassurances that they're on the job with all the fairness and objectivity we have come to expect from...oh, the heck with it...
Except for the 15 min. they withheld from the CIA!
We're watching.
BOO!!
More games! I believe Drudge over ABC any day of the week and he said they didn't turn the entire tape over to the government. How dare they make that decision. They want Kerry to win at any cost, even our safety.
Fox News is showing this tape RIGHT NOW!
i was just about to post it!
Fox News "obtained a copy independently". Holy Shiite!!!
notice they said nothing about "fair" or "unbiased"
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