I did a rare surf over to the regular NBC Nightly News where Andrea Mitchell, with her usual self-satisfied smile firmly in place, reported on the latest Saddam tape.
Oh, yes, midway through the piece she said ever so quickly that the tape appears to be edited (stated in just that manner), but her whole presentation was based on the assumption it was the real thing. She wrapped up by saying "if the tape is genuine", but then summed up as if he is alive and actually made the thing.
I will acknowledge that we really don't know the status of Saddam, but it was negligent, if the huge number of edits has been verified, of her to omit that stunning detail. As I type Shep speaking of the tape and what a difference in presentation as he mentioned "sixty-some" editing splices.