Posted on 04/14/2006 3:32:21 PM PDT by april15Bendovr
Another Day, Another Embarrassing Intelligence-Related Correction Posted by: Clay Waters 4/14/2006 11:59:09 AM
After correcting itself on the Lewis Libby leak yesterday, the Times on Friday corrects another Bush-related intelligence story by reporter Eric Lichtblau that brought much criticism from conservative bloggers like PowerLine.
This is what Lichtblau falsely claimed March 29: “In a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the secretive court, known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, several former judges who served on the panel also voiced skepticism at a Senate hearing about the president's constitutional authority to order wiretapping on Americans without a court order.”
Today the Times admits: “An article on March 29 about congressional hearings on the Bush administration's program of domestic eavesdropping referred imprecisely to testimony about the secretive court known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which requires warrants for eavesdropping under most circumstances. While two former judges said they believed that Mr. Bush was bound by federal laws governing intelligence gathering, they did not explicitly express skepticism about whether he has the constitutional authority to order wiretapping on Americans without a court order.”
As Times Watch pointed out at the time, “Lichtblau doesn’t quote any of the judges actually voicing that skepticism about Bush’s actions -- skepticism Lichtblau certainly feels, judging by his slanted reporting in the past.”
In the paraphrased words of Mary (Rather-gate) Mapes, "It's not up to us to prove the documents authentic. It's up to others to prove the documents were false."
NYT HEADLINE:
GEORGE W. BUSH ACTUALLY AN ALIEN....
Followed the next day but retraction on page Z26.... George W. Bush pushes for legislation to reform the process of dealing with illegal Aliens...
Typical MSM...
Can you imagined, front page above the fold,
We Screwed Up!!!
fyi
Just another example of a drive by shooting/lie by the maggots of the NY Slimes, who hate our military, our president, his cabinet and our country.
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Well ........ at least they're consistent.
;-)
"Stories are prewritten, interviews are 'gotcha' moments and facts are edited to extinction."
That sounds correct. Combine it with my tagline, and we have the miserable state of the MSM in America today.
"Gosh, Dads, why'd you hafta hit me.......you coulda just cut off my allowance."
LoL, I want one of those. I would even slap the NY times logo all over it.
Bump.
This is the kind of sloppy reporting everybody has come to expect from the former self-proclaimed "paper of record". Only thirty five years ago the NY Times was considered a top shelf newspaper. It's hard to believe now.
The NYT and the Post make deliberate mistakes to raise the ire of Democrats against the Bush Admin.
"The NYT and the Post make deliberate mistakes to raise the ire of Democrats against the Bush Admin."
The answer is both more simple and more sinister.
The corporate culture of the large fishwraps is one of lying to create bad news for their enemies. Since 2000, their number one enemy to lie about has been GW and his cabinet members.
They deliberately lie, spin, use fake polls and quote without real sources to create the fiction, they try to pass as news to harm GW and his cabinet members.
They have gotten by with this for decades. Now they are caught before the ink really dries up on the fishwraps by conservatives on the internet.
That same corporate culture of lying has led to lies about their circulation numbers in order to get paid more ad inch. They are the Enrons of the Fish Wrap industry.
The drive-by media even lie to themselves. Our local rag has an article in the Sunday "Ideas" section (not accessible on line yet) titled:
NEWS WHITEOUT
by Nick Madigan
The Bush administration has frustrated reporters by ignoring their questions and sticking to its message. That strategy might no longer be working.
This graf is written under a picture of the President in front of the White House logo in the briefing room. Superimposed on his photo is the depiction of nine stacked (3x3) TV screens, giving the impression of standing behind a window or barrier of some sort.
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Can anyone tell me why they maintain that he does not speak to reporters? Is it because they only have a few questions --
1) When will you admit your mistakes?
2) When will you admit you stole the election?
3) When will you abandon the White House and give us the final Dick Nixon wave as you leave?
4) When will withdraw the troops from Iraq?
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