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CNN confirms report of 18 killed on soccer field was incorrect and another MSM lie! (vanity)
self | 2/28/2007 | self

Posted on 02/28/2007 6:46:57 AM PST by tobyhill

Just heard on CNN that the original report was incorrect and the military confirmed it was a controlled explosion that was bigger than expected. CNN also admitted that they independently confirmed the report from other media sources.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; ramadi; ramadimedialie
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1 posted on 02/28/2007 6:47:01 AM PST by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill
independently confirmed the report from other media sources.

Dan Rather perhaps?
2 posted on 02/28/2007 6:48:42 AM PST by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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<bad joke>

SeeBS News is still standing by the story.

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3 posted on 02/28/2007 6:49:00 AM PST by pnh102
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To: tobyhill

How nice of them to admit it a day later, when no one will notice. Right now, all eyes and ears are on the stock markets.


4 posted on 02/28/2007 6:49:00 AM PST by TommyDale (What will Rudy do in the War on Terror? Implement gun control on insurgents and Al Qaeda?)
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To: tobyhill

I blame Bush!


5 posted on 02/28/2007 6:49:49 AM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: HEY4QDEMS

They're supposed to do an Iraq update and explain how the event was originally misreported.


6 posted on 02/28/2007 6:52:08 AM PST by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: tobyhill

I believe it was distributed by the AP without verification... straight from an Iraqi 'news' source.


7 posted on 02/28/2007 6:53:00 AM PST by johnny7 ("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
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To: tobyhill

ROOOOOOOOOVE!!!!!!


8 posted on 02/28/2007 6:53:44 AM PST by Trueblackman (Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
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To: tobyhill

Doesn't matter. Damage done. MSM mission accomplished.


9 posted on 02/28/2007 6:54:09 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (¡El proletariado del mundo, une! - Xuygo Chavez)
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To: johnny7

When my husband was in Afghanistan, the news erroneously reported that their plane went down. I haven't believed a word they have said since.


10 posted on 02/28/2007 6:55:13 AM PST by USMCWife6869
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To: johnny7

More proof there is never any real independent verification, it's just words circulating throughout the media rumor mill.


11 posted on 02/28/2007 6:55:27 AM PST by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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Wonder whether Jamil Hussein was their original source...


12 posted on 02/28/2007 6:55:38 AM PST by Zeppo (We live in the Age of Stupidity. [Dennis Prager])
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To: goodwithagun

"I blame Bush!"

So do I. For not having Snow call a briefing to beat these basturds up side the head with this info. I am sooooo sick of this "new tone" Bu!!$hit!! It has not and WILL NOT work!


13 posted on 02/28/2007 6:57:51 AM PST by Roccus (They're living in the Dark Ages and they act like they own the world. [Dmitri Gredenko])
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To: USMCWife6869

I'm sure the media still has their crackpot investigation teams looking for that missing plane. Thank your husband for his service for me please. God Bless you and your family.


14 posted on 02/28/2007 6:58:11 AM PST by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: tobyhill

We only catch the small ones dude... the vast amount of daily, unchallenged misinformation still gets embedded into the psyche of the sheeple.


15 posted on 02/28/2007 6:59:07 AM PST by johnny7 ("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
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To: Zeppo

It's funny because the media also verified it through "Iraqi Police Sources".


16 posted on 02/28/2007 6:59:58 AM PST by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: pnh102

No joke, CBS is still reporting the story:

Ramadi Bombing Kills 18 Boys
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/27/world/ap/main2521172.shtml


17 posted on 02/28/2007 7:05:43 AM PST by Velveeta
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To: USMCWife6869

God bless men like your husband... the leftist scum over here aren't worthy of their courage.


18 posted on 02/28/2007 7:07:57 AM PST by johnny7 ("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
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To: Roccus

I'm with you on that.


19 posted on 02/28/2007 7:08:46 AM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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CNN is now claiming that they also confirmed the incident from the Iraqi Interior Ministry before it got debunked. The Interior Ministry has been one of the main offices of disinformation in the past along with the Health Ministry.


20 posted on 02/28/2007 7:10:05 AM PST by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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