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Editor defensive over discredited Iraq reports (shows the media lied about Iraq once again)
The Australian ^
| June 23, 2005
Posted on 06/22/2005 7:01:32 PM PDT by jmc1969
THE editor of Melbourne's The Age newspaper has defended Australia's Journalist of the Year, Paul McGeough, in the wake of revelations that he may have erred in two significant reports he filed from Iraq.
McGeough claimed in an article published in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald that former Iraqi interim leader Iyad Allawi shot dead as many as six prisoners in June last year.
But the story was discredited by a report yesterday that Iraqi officials and US special forces bodyguards assigned to Allawi had passed lie detector tests in denying the murder allegations.
"My view is that we have to trust our journalists," The Age editor Andrew Jaspan said yesterday.
"Paul McGeough is a former editor-in-chief of the Sydney Morning Herald - (an) extremely well-respected journalist. It's not as though he's wet behind the ears when he goes to somewhere like Iraq.
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posted on
06/22/2005 7:01:32 PM PDT
by
jmc1969
To: jmc1969
Isn't "well-respected reporter" an oxymoron?
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posted on
06/22/2005 7:06:59 PM PDT
by
No Longer Free State
(As the Arabic saying has it: The caravan will continue its journey even if the wolves howl along the)
To: jmc1969
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posted on
06/22/2005 7:08:47 PM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: jmc1969
.. Melbourne's The Age newspaper ..Speaking of a liberal newspaper, they are all the same everywhere.
Just reading the "Your Say" section, the melbournians (let me say some of them) are like democrats in the US. :)
To: ducks1944; Ragtime Cowgirl; Alamo-Girl; TrueBeliever9; anniegetyourgun; maestro; TEXOKIE; ...
This ping is in defense of published propaganda; but indeed good news for Iraq and the Coalition.
McGeough claimed in an article published in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald that former Iraqi interim leader Iyad Allawi shot dead as many as six prisoners in June last year.
But the story was discredited by a report yesterday that Iraqi officials and US special forces bodyguards assigned to Allawi had passed lie detector tests in denying the murder allegations.
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posted on
06/22/2005 7:11:47 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Calpernia
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posted on
06/22/2005 7:16:13 PM PDT
by
maestro
To: jmc1969
So, memo monkeys & fiddling filers are not confined to the US media? Hard to believe...j/k
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posted on
06/22/2005 7:17:10 PM PDT
by
Treader
(Hillary's dark smile is reminiscent of Stalin's inhuman grin...)
To: Calpernia
Paul McGeough is the australian version of Robert Fisk without the intelligence.
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posted on
06/22/2005 7:17:29 PM PDT
by
Pikamax
To: Calpernia
I think this editor is going home to put his old, favorite VHS tape in his machine, titled:
"When Diosaurs Ruled the Media."
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posted on
06/22/2005 7:18:57 PM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: SkyPilot
Say is McGeough of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald a Suma cum Luade graduate of the the Dan Blather, Jason Blair, Eason Jordon, Michael Isakoff school of Journalism?
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posted on
06/22/2005 7:24:35 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SkyPilot
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Media, information from news was a service, not a profit mechanism.
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posted on
06/22/2005 7:24:53 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Calpernia
Ack! I misspelled "Dinosaurs."
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posted on
06/22/2005 7:28:32 PM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: SkyPilot
Typo? I dont sea no stinkan typo.
Queen of all tipos
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posted on
06/22/2005 7:37:15 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: jmc1969; Calpernia
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posted on
06/22/2005 7:38:56 PM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: SkyPilot
Whatever happened to all those "supposedly fired" from CBS...but refused to go quietly? Mapes and the gang, I mean.
Did that story disappear?
To: jmc1969
So.....even when journalists are caught fabricating stories....we're supposed to just trust them because, after all, they're journalists.
Did I get that right?
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posted on
06/22/2005 8:20:06 PM PDT
by
jess35
To: Shermy
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posted on
06/22/2005 9:19:33 PM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
To: Calpernia
To: jmc1969
Even if the story were true and Allawi (an Iraqi) killed six terrorists why should I care. He is only doing what I think we should be doing anyway. If we find a car bomb factory or a hostage prisoner site and capture the terrorists in them they should be shot on the spot.
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posted on
06/23/2005 12:05:17 AM PDT
by
Americanexpat
(A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
To: Calpernia
Sorry but there's a couple there ... here you go ...
;-) - Jyust havin' a lil fun! Jeez its late. Nite Nite. ;-)
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posted on
06/23/2005 12:52:15 AM PDT
by
Tunehead54
(In memory of our bravest in armed service to our nation.)
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