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rok_the-boat
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Cthulhu
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
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| Well, it's 15 dead Afghanis over it. I don't smell any rat, but what I see is a news organization that is doing its best not to feel guilty about screwing up over a source. |
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Summer Wine
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: Next to a River
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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Come on, anyone could have seen that publishing that news piece was not the brightest of ideas. But the cats out of the bag and its not likely to ever be let back in.
Though the US could take 3 death row inmates, hand them over to the Islamic council in Pakistan, tell them they are the interrogaters, watch them get torn apart and say problem over. (Just Kidding).
Accept it, this news piece is more likely to become an accepted part of muslim (folklore) in Muslim nations then die away a forgotton piece of a supposed publishing mistake. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| >. Big time damage control ... |
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rok_the-boat
Joined: 24 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry - I don't see it as screwing up over a source. At the time the source gave the info, it was just plain old info and he likely thought little of it. Now that it has blown up in his face he seems - unsure - about it. A likely story, indeed. And such backtracking under political pressure will only infuriate the muslims further, although it might makethe Pentagon feel a bit better.
And even if the story were false, I don't see how you could easily backtrack out of it.
The truth is not out there, it seems. |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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First Rather at CBS, and now Newsweek.
This is hardly Bushie controlling the media. This is the media digging their own trashy left-wing hole, then falling into it.
I hope Newsweek is damaged severely, and loses subscribers, but I doubt that will happen. |
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Cthulhu
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Sorry - I don't see it as screwing up over a source. At the time the source gave the info, it was just plain old info and he likely thought little of it. Now that it has blown up in his face he seems - unsure - about it. A likely story, indeed. And such backtracking under political pressure will only infuriate the muslims further, although it might makethe Pentagon feel a bit better. |
15 dead people over a story that his been retracted and apologized for--that seems pretty screwed up to me. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| "People have lost their lives. Our image abroad has been damaged," he said. |
That is from Rumsfeld. Pleasing though it is that he can recognise the importance of life, I cannot help but feel that it is the second part that is the motivator.
Mind you, his recognition of that fact that the image of the USA abroad is important is a useful first step. Perhaps the next will be to see just how much that image has been tarnished by this administration. |
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rok_the-boat
Joined: 24 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Derrek wrote: |
| I hope Newsweek is damaged severely, and loses subscribers, but I doubt that will happen. |
It'll certainly boost the number of readers this week. |
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Cthulhu
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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| "People have lost their lives. Our image abroad has been damaged," he said. |
Yes, Rumsfeld did say that. Oh, the irony is delicious. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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Even more ironic, in fact. Here's the rest of the quote:
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| "People lost their lives. People are dead," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said. "People need to be very careful about what they say, just as they need to be careful about what they do." |
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