"Web Site Assembles U.S. Prewar Claims," here. Is this the worst headline ever? You'd almost think The New York Times was covering its own backside given how frequently its pages provided a conduit for these lies, unedited and unchecked. It's hard to dispute that MSNBC.com's hed is far superior. It reads:
Study: Bush led U.S. to war on 'false pretenses'
Hundreds of false statements on WMDs, al-Qaida used to justify Iraq war
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.
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.
That's here. In fact, the words "hundreds of false statements" is also misleading. The number is 935.
The full study is here.
Somebody should write a book about this kind of thing and call it When Presidents Lie.
And by the way, in case you were wondering how many New York Times reporters it takes to cover the death of an actor with just a few movies to his credit, the answer is fifteen.
Mickey is usually wrong about everything, but he's right about this. Obama has already come out in favor of class-based affirmative action. Making it a center-piece of his campaign would be both brave and smart...............
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