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The New York Post NBC BLAMES U.S. OFFICIALS FOR IRAQ-ASSASSINATION GOOF By DON KAPLAN March 3, 2005 -- NBC News blamed American officials for a flubbed report Tuesday night claiming the chief judge overseeing the trial of Saddam Hussein had been assassinated by Iraqi gunmen. "It's very straightforward," an NBC News spokeswoman says. "We got the information from multiple, high-level sources who confirmed the story's accuracy. "It was wrong, and we corrected it immediately." With the report, anchor Brian Williams joins the list of major network news stars who have been caught up in broadcasting false information in recent months. Williams and correspondent Jim Miklaszewski corrected the assassination mistake on the "Nightly News" last night for viewers on the East Coast who were not able to see the initial correction. "Earlier, there was some confusing reports coming out of Baghdad, and U.S. officials told NBC News - and we reported - that the initial target of the assassination attempt was Raid Juhi," said Miklaszewski in Tuesday's on-air correction. Juhi is the chief administration judge who was in fact seen in Saddam Hussein's initial court appearance last July. "Juhi had been the target of several assassination attempts, and was under heavy armed guard. But tonight, administration officials tell NBC News that the judge apparently killed earlier today was actually Barbweez Mahmood and his son," said Miklaszewski. Since last fall, embattled CBS News anchor Dan Rather has famously been at the center of a botched "60 Minutes" report that questioned George W. Bush's military record. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
