In your effort to distort the facts, you ignore the fact that Fleischer was writing about TOTALLY INACCURATE STORIES broadcast by ABC.
repeatdely saying that it was the MOST IMPRTANT question he had ever been asked by the media.
You are distorting the facts again. What I recall Fleischer said was that the ABC reporting was "what I view as the most worrisome, inaccurate story of my time in the White House."
And Fleischer clearly shows how ABC was distorting and blatantly manufacturing FALSE news as he writes about what ABC did after Fleischer had badgered them for SIX DAYS. He says they broadcast "one of those scripted questions which had a scripted answer." And that "scripted answer" was full of bulls**t. Here a key example of the bulls**t ABC falsely reported:
"the White House said that despite initial test results which we reported suggesting the presence of a chemical called bentonite, a trademark of the Iraqi weapons program, a further chemical analysis has ruled that out."
Did AFIP do an initial test which said there was bentonite in the Daschle anthrax? Or was ABC just making that up?
Did AFIP have to do a "further chemical analysis" to determine that their inital report was bogus? Or was ABC just making that up?
When Brian Ross goes on to say, "The White House says there are chemical additives in that anthrax, including one called silica," is that something the White House really said or his ABC just making that up, too?
Since ABC was clearly just making stuff up, why should anyone believe that he was telling the truth about the White House saying there was silica in the anthrax when Fleischer makes a POINT out of stating very clearly that AFIP told him the Daschle anthrax contained silicon and oxygen?
Ari carefully interviewed the AFIP scientists. He wanted to make sure there was no room for error. And he clearly communicates in his book that AFIP told him silica was an additive.
At least he clearly communicates this to the entire world - with the exception of conspiracy fanatacist Ed Lake.