To: Prime Choice
Fox didn't want to step in a pile of embarrassment by announcing Saddam's capture before they could confirm it. I forget what happened, but they did report a major story as wrong a few weeks before by jumping on the story too early.
221 posted on
02/28/2004 3:16:16 AM PST by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Proud member of the right wing extremist Neanderthals.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
I'm thinking there's a real rumor floating around the news agencies, not based on the IRNA story. AP wouldn't ordinarily repeat pointless propaganda from Iran, especially when it's a point that some tin-foiler somewhere is making every day.
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Fox didn't want to step in a pile of embarrassment by announcing Saddam's capture before they could confirm it. I forget what happened, but they did report a major story as wrong a few weeks before by jumping on the story too early. I can understand caution, but they were at least 20 minutes behind reports coming from every other news station on the air at the time.
227 posted on
02/28/2004 3:18:07 AM PST by
Prime Choice
(I'm pro-choice. I just think the "choice" should be made *before* having sex.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
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