Posted on 01/23/2008 5:50:01 AM PST by jdm
Yeah.....OK.
So does that studies funded by Cigarette and Oil companies are suspect as well?
You really wonder what the point of conducting such a study might be. Oh, I can understand why the researchers might be in favor of it. They get paid to do what they do best—nothing. It’s a mystery to me why Soros or anyone else would fund it though. Maybe his brain has finally reached such a sorry state of regression, that this makes sense to him.
George Soros....CHRISTIAN HATER...is the MOST DANGEROUS man in AMERICA.
Sluggy!
FR Study Says Soros is a Crackpot
This bastard will live forever.
How come Evil lives a long time?
I suspect he wants to keep fears of recessions and meltdowns and bank runs going until there's a Democrat in the WH, at which point the seas will calm.
A study funded by NORMAAL shows that heavy marijuana use increases alertness and cognitive ability.
A study funded by NAMBLA shows that preadolescence males sexually molested by adult males grow up to experience fewer mental problems than those that were not molested.
A study funded by the National Tobacco Institute shows that smoking not only gives you fresher breath, but that it increases lung capacity and gives you more endurance.
A study funded by the National Distillers Association says they have a study that shows that the health benefits of moderate drinking increase with the amount of alcohol consumed.
A study financed by the DNC shows that voters that vote for Democrats are saner than those that vote for Republicans.
A study financed by the RNC shows that voters that vote for Republicans are saner than those that vote for Democrats.
A study funded by Al Gore claims anthropomorphic global warming is real.
A study funded by the National Grindstone Manufacturers Association shows that individuals and organizations with an axe to grind are likely to fund studies that reinforce and underscore the positions they espouse.
I’m shocked!
“A hit piece during an election year by a democratic supporting disingenious clown group. Soros study2.0.”
posted on 01/23/2008 5:58:04 AM PST by enough_idiocy (Romney/Thompson or Steele ‘08)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958041/posts?page=48#48
SOMEONE HAS TO OUT THIS PROPAGANDIST!!!! WE NEED A FULL MEDIA CAMPAIGN SHOWING HE IS FUNDING THESE STUDIES!!!! HE PAID 30M FOR THE WHITEHOUSE LAST ELECTION CYCLE, HE MUST BE NEUTRALIZED!!!!
Everyone needs to drop fox a line to run this...
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,324753,00.html
Next, let’s tackle the mass graves and genocide in Kosovo, then on to the Aspirin Factory!
And don't forget,in May of 2004, the IAEA refused to let the United States remove 500 Tons of Uranium in Iraq!
CHECK OUT THE YAHOO PAGE RIGHT NOW!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/ap_on_go_pr_wh/misinformation_study
Study: False statements preceded war By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 35 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.
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The study concluded that the statements “were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses.”
The study was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Center for Public Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in Journalism.
White House spokesman Scott Stanzel did not comment on the merits of the study Tuesday night but reiterated the administration’s position that the world community viewed Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, as a threat.
“The actions taken in 2003 were based on the collective judgment of intelligence agencies around the world,” Stanzel said.
The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. It found that in speeches, briefings, interviews and other venues, Bush and administration officials stated unequivocally on at least 532 occasions that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or was trying to produce or obtain them or had links to al-Qaida or both.
“It is now beyond dispute that Iraq did not possess any weapons of mass destruction or have meaningful ties to al-Qaida,” according to Charles Lewis and Mark Reading-Smith of the Fund for Independence in Journalism staff members, writing an overview of the study. “In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003.”
Named in the study along with Bush were top officials of the administration during the period studied: Vice President Dick Cheney, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and White House press secretaries Ari Fleischer and Scott McClellan.
Bush led with 259 false statements, 231 about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and 28 about Iraq’s links to al-Qaida, the study found. That was second only to Powell’s 244 false statements about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and 10 about Iraq and al-Qaida.
The center said the study was based on a database created with public statements over the two years beginning on Sept. 11, 2001, and information from more than 25 government reports, books, articles, speeches and interviews.
“The cumulative effect of these false statements amplified by thousands of news stories and broadcasts was massive, with the media coverage creating an almost impenetrable din for several critical months in the run-up to war,” the study concluded.
“Some journalists indeed, even some entire news organizations have since acknowledged that their coverage during those prewar months was far too deferential and uncritical. These mea culpas notwithstanding, much of the wall-to-wall media coverage provided additional, ‘independent’ validation of the Bush administration’s false statements about Iraq,” it said.
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