Posted on 12/08/2006 12:44:21 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
NEW YORK Charges that The Associated Press had been duped into running a false story on six Iraqis who were allegedly set on fire two weeks ago -- and had used as a source a supposedly fictional Iraqi police captain -- have continued to emerge from conservative bloggers and pundits, despite AP denials and its further reporting on the incident.
The U.S. military has questioned the story and some Iraqi officials more recently asserted that the police captain did not exist.
On Friday, Kathleen Carroll, executive editor and senior vice president of The Associated Press, issued another lengthy statement on the matter. She strongly defended the AP's account and sourcing and denounced criticism of its Iraqi correspondents. "Questioning their integrity and work ethic is simply offensive," she wrote. "It's awfully easy to take pot shots from the safety of a computer keyboard thousands of miles from the chaos of Baghdad.".........."
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"Questioning their integrity and work ethic is simply offensive," she wrote.
Calling something "offensive" is the non-religious equivalent of calling something "blasphemous", and the intent is the same: to shut the mouths of critics.
" I'm really mad about your assertions and it's not nice and I'm going to take my ball and go home and I'm going to tell my mommy and you better be nice to me or I'll write more lies about you not wearing panties, and oooooohhhhh I'm just so mad at you conservatives. So take that!"
Produce this character. Stand him up at a press conference along side the Iraqi chief of police who will pat him on the head and say, "yep - that's my boy!"
Then we will admit we were wrong.
Every Republican politician should be jumping in front of every available TV camera to condemn AP. The White House should have a "War Room" directing the public outrage. That's how you fight a war on the home front-you stand behind the troops. Instead we get nothing but silence from the republicans.
It's very simple, produce their source and let someone in position find out who he/she really are?
The same source has been used in their stories for a couple of years.
This is not the only story. I do wonder why people like Rush haven't said a word, tho O'Reilly put his toe in the water with a Steyn interview this week. Maybe it is because there is a need/biz op for competition in news gathering. I'll bet there is a lot going on in boardrooms.
We will see. I agree with your last statement. I don't se any journalists who are really qualified to comment on politics and world affairs. What they say is so shallow and vapid, you know they did not study history, econ, or poly sci.
reporters do not willy nilly tell the public their magical secrets. That is like you on the football team and on a play your tackle moves early and no flag from a ref,so you rise and point to the tackle and say,hey he moved. Now football ain't a religion but journalism is.
spot on..remember we were watching those web cams in Iraq all day and night and Richard Engle was told the nights
activity FROM N. Y. ? And of course he is revered by the media. Brian Williams wanted to give him a Monica.
Not if the 'reporters' are lying! Who knows if the 'reporters' are sitting safely behind 'a computer keyboard' in Baghdad? It's not if that hasn't happened before. First, they must earn the respect if they want people to respect these 'reporters'.
As if, these 'reporters' RESPECT our military (even when our military are protecting their *sses!).
Cry me a river until you prove these 'reporters' weren't lying!
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