Sam I saw this story -- including the bit about were not there when tropps arrived -- on CNN this morning. Chill.
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:55:40 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The liberal media at it again. > > It's funny how yesterday every news agency mentioned > these missing explosives. Yet today no mention at all > except on Drudge. > > I went to CNN and went to WORLD news and found this: > Missing explosives spark campaign battle > http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/26/iraq.explosives.intl/index.html > > That says the weapons were stolen. > > Yet Drudge somehow found this link on CNN: > http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/26/iraq.explosives/index.html > > Why is everyone hiding this info? > > http://www.drudgereport.com/nbcw6.htm > 60 MINS PLANNED BUSH MISSING EXPLOSIVES STORY FOR > ELECTION EVE > > News of missing explosives in Iraq -- first reported > in April 2003 -- was being resurrected for a 60 > MINUTES election eve broadcast designed to knock the > Bush administration into a crises mode. > > Jeff Fager, executive producer of the Sunday edition > of 60 MINUTES, said in a statement that "our plan was > to run the story on October 31, but it became clear > that it wouldn't hold..." > > Elizabeth Jensen at the LOS ANGELES TIMES details on > Tuesday how CBS NEWS and 60 MINUTES lost the story > [which repackaged previously reported information on a > large cache of explosives missing in Iraq, first > published and broadcast in 2003]. > > The story instead debuted in the NYT. The paper > slugged the story about missing explosives from April > 2003 as "exclusive." > > (http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/26/iraq.explosives/index.html) > An NBCNEWS crew embedded with troops moved in to > secure the Al-Qaqaa weapons facility on April 10, > 2003, one day after the liberation of Iraq. > > According to NBCNEWS, the explosives were already > missing when the American troops arrived. > > It is not clear who exactly shopped an election eve > repackaging of the missing explosives story. > > The LA TIMES claims: The source on the story first > went to 60 MINUTES but also expressed interest in > working with the NY TIMES... "The tip was received > last Wednesday." > > CBSNEWS' plan to unleash the story just 24 hours > before election day had one senior Bush official > outraged. > > "Darn, I wanted to see the forged documents to show > how this was somehow covered up," the Bush source, who > asked not to be named, mocked, recalling last months > CBS airing of fraudulent Bush national guard letters. > > Developing... > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=35 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132833 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
