Posted on 05/17/2005 3:22:34 PM PDT by Brian Mosely
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE MAY 17, 2005 18:02:22 ET XXXXX
REVENGE OF THE PRESS: WHITE HOUSE REPORTERS RIP SPOKESMAN OVER NEWSWEEK MESS
Mainline reporters moved into battle-mode today during a White House press briefing -- as one of their own outlets continued to hemorrhage over a now retracted story!
Afghanistan's government said Tuesday that NEWSWEEK should be held responsible for damages caused by deadly anti-American demonstrations after the magazine alleged U.S. desecration of the Quran.
The White House said the United States' image abroad had suffered irreparable damage by the story.
But it was the press's turn to fight back as Bush spokesman Scott McClellan opened his briefing to questions.
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Q With respect, who made you the editor of Newsweek? Do you think it's appropriate for you, at that podium, speaking with the authority of the President of the United States, to tell an American magazine what they should print?
MR. McCLELLAN: I'm not telling them. I'm saying that we would encourage them to help --
Q You're pressuring them.
MR. McCLELLAN: No, I'm saying that we would encourage them --
Q It's not pressure?
MR. McCLELLAN: Look, this report caused serious damage to the image of the United States abroad. And Newsweek has said that they got it wrong. I think Newsweek recognizes the responsibility they have. We appreciate the step that they took by retracting the story. Now we would encourage them to move forward and do all that they can to help repair the damage that has been done by this report. And that's all I'm saying. But, no, you're absolutely right, it's not my position to get into telling people what they can and cannot report....
Q Are you asking them to write a story about how great the American military is; is that what you're saying here?
MR. McCLELLAN: Elisabeth, let me finish my sentence. Our military --
Q You've already said what you're -- I know what -- how it ends.
MR. McCLELLAN: No, I'm coming to your question, and you're not letting me have a chance to respond. But our military goes out of their way to handle the Koran with care and respect. There are policies and practices that are in place. This report was wrong. Newsweek, itself, stated that it was wrong. And so now I think it's incumbent and -- incumbent upon Newsweek to do their part to help repair the damage. And they can do that through ways that they see best, but one way that would be good would be to point out what the policies and practices are in that part of the world, because it's in that region where this report has been exploited and used to cause lasting damage to the image of the United States of America. It has had serious consequences. And so that's all I'm saying, is that we would encourage them to take steps to help repair the damage. And I think that they recognize the importance of doing that. That's all I'm saying.
Q As far as the Newsweek article is concerned, first, how and where the story came from? And do you think somebody can investigate if it really happened at the base, and who told Newsweek? Because somebody wrote a story.
MR. McCLELLAN: I think Newsweek has talked about it. They took it --
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If any book deserves care and respect, it's the one that calls for the annihilation of every non-Mohammedan on the planet.
I can't believe we have to placate these devil-worshipping savages with this mealymouthed horsesh*t. How embarassing for this country.
These people have treason in their hearts,
like Jimmy Carter admitted to holding lust in his.
Actually I think their agenda, even if some of them don't know it, is to destory this country as we know it (and it's getting harder to recognize it each passing day).
If they aren't commies, they're their useful idiots.
In times of war, trust no one. You'd think the mSM would figure that out someday.
Too bad the media didn't see themselves as mere mortals instead of demigods and above reproach.
Liberal journalist defend liberal journalist.
If a Republican politican had screwed up, you better believe the liberal press wouldn't be making excuses for them.
The MSM has one mission, and that is to destroy President Bush at any, and all, costs.
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According to Rush, this is SOP since 'Nam.
The loopy leftist moonbat base of Denver brandishes the biggest federal presence outside of DC to try to clamp down on the western USA, for our own good.
It's interesting that in that link about Elizabeth of the NYT that it was the EDITORS, not Elizabeth, who added that sentence about her article being based on another reporter's report. So what she presented so "vividly" was 2nd hand "news".
Let's not forget Watergate. Ever since WG, they have been trying to recreate it with each and every Republican president.
You are exactly right--the covert enemy within is much more difficult to discern than the overt enemy easily recognized. In the case of the leftist reporters, you never know which side they are on and that is exactly what they want--the enemy within will never admit the truth that they are indeed our enemy.
That's "left-wing radical Socialist skank" to you, mister.
Afghanistan's government said Tuesday that NEWSWEEK should be held responsible for damages caused by deadly anti-American demonstrations after the magazine alleged U.S. desecration of the Quran.
Good, maybe if the press continues to makes enemies of those who seek freedom, we may start seeing some of the anti-american press sent to prison.
Amen to that. We are being destroyed from within!
I guess she and the rest of the so-called reporters don't know how much they are truly despised! They are lost in their ivory tower world where everyone thinks the same. They only try to win points with other "reporters" and couldn't care less about the truth.
Just when you think that your opinion of them can get no lower!
McClellan is not tough at all. Why can't they just once stand up for themselves. That Elizabeth chick hates the military and he should have put her in her place when she asked if they should do an article on how great the American military is.
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