Unfortunately, 60 minutes was hoping to delay the story until just before the election. We don't know how long the Times choose to hold on either. However, it is clearly a case of the press attempting to manipulate the elections.
Andy -----Original Message----- From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 1:52 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: October Surprise my understanding - the administration knew some time ago, and the story just came out, presumably dure to a leak. I got it in the followiing order: 1) the stuff is missing 2) the stuff is missing but it wasn't there when our troops got there 3) Our troops didn't find it there but on the other hand they weren't looking for it The latter being the update I posted. Dana On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:33:12 -0500, Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought Sam's info indicated that the story had come out much earlier: > > 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 > > If this is new stuff, then I recant and will shift my focus to the ball > game. > > Andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott > > maybe I'm missing something - didn't the story come out yesterday and > the clarifications today? > > On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:11:34 -0500, Andy Ousterhout wrote: > > It is not news because it was already reported on. Were any new facts > > introduced? If not, why re-introduce this old story now? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dana tierney > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133237 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
