September 10, 2004

Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Press Corps? (Elizabeth Bumiller Edition)

CJR Campaign Desk joins the Order of the Shrill and asks the very good question: "Why does Elizabeth Bumiller still have a job?"

CJR Campaign Desk: Archives: ...a story in the Los Angeles Times headlined "Cheney Says Iraq Harbored Al Qaeda -- Hussein gave 'sanctuary' to Bin Laden's terrorism group and others, vice president asserts."... [R]eading this, and a similarly milquetoast story by Elisabeth Bumiller in the New York Times.... Why, Campaign Desk wonders, would editors at two of America's most prominent newspapers let this pass?... [T]his kind of lazy reporting and dozing-at-the-wheel editing is part of the reason that so many Americans do continue to think that Iraq had something to do with bin Laden's plot.

To be sure, both papers do hint that Cheney's word is not final, citing the 9/11 report's failure to find a "collaborative relationship" between Hussein and al Qaeda. But Bumiller gives the veep's aides the last word on the subject -- namely, that "there is not necessarily a contradiction" between Cheney's remarks and the 9/11 report. For its part, the Los Angeles Times quotes Cheney flack Anne Womak qualifying his statement after the fact, and concluding, finally, that "experts have differed."... But our head still hurts. So, while you're grabbing us an icepack, please also tell the editors of the Los Angeles Times that it's okay to make a judgment based on the facts. And please point Elisabeth Bumiller to the June 17th edition of her own newspaper, when a rare banner headline -- of the kind that the Times saves for historic events -- read:

"Panel Finds No Qaeda-Iraq Tie"

Posted by DeLong at September 10, 2004 02:25 PM | TrackBack
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"part of the reason that so many Americans do continue to think that Iraq had something to do with bin Laden's plot."

Yes, more than 40% last time I checked. No wonder. Don't these journalists have any professional pride? Any sense of duty? Any reputation they want to defend?

Posted by: Jean-Philippe Stijns at September 10, 2004 03:09 PM

Maybe you heard what Henry Hyde said on the House floor yesterday:

"There is a direct connection between the war in Iraq and the bombing of September 11th. Our response to the bombing of September 11th is Iraq."

You can hear this for yourself here: http://www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=2&prgDate=9-Sep-2004

(under the story titled "House Bill Connects Sept. 11, Iraq")

I'm beginning to feel like The Onion's story a while back -- "Democrats Suffering Outrage Fatigue".

Posted by: TTop at September 10, 2004 03:13 PM

"Our response to the bombing of September 11th *is* Iraq."

Well, that is a connection, isn't it?

Posted by: luci phyrr at September 10, 2004 05:08 PM

You either love Cheney and Rove dearly and unquestioningly - "fawningly" will do - or you die. Your choice, what could be fairer?

If you're not with these fools - then you are the enemy. Is this clear enough for you?

Saddam never loved the US truly, and neither does Osama. In fact they both hate what the US stands for! This is beyond mere thought crime, they're both clearly agin' us! Only girlie-boys can't make the connection.

You know it was never about the brains that weren't handed out to these guys behind Bush, or the education that they never received. It was only ever a question of whether they had enough ruthlessness, sufficient cunning, to get and keep themselves elected. Roughly half of the electors still think these guys are smarter than themselves, and they're probably right.

Same goes for the pseudojournos who defer to the true lies of Cheney and Team Dubya. Questioning the lies would make you the enemy, wouldn't it, and besides we're all so pomo these days.

Posted by: Winston at September 10, 2004 07:10 PM

Henry Hyde? I thought he was on his deathbed. Tant pis.

Posted by: wren at September 10, 2004 07:11 PM

Cheney has moved beyond disgusting in recent weeks and it only remains to see just how far and where he will go next.

Posted by: steve at September 10, 2004 10:24 PM

We wonder how the Germans were conned into starting WWII!

Isn't it horrible? The ruling junta and its minions simply repeat over and over the same propaganda points endlessly. If they merely confuse people, it has served its purpose.

They don't have the press attacking them every time they do this. Just passes on the words without any explanation. When a Democrat says ANYTHING, it is examined and parsed to death.

This is why we go from defeat to defeat. This will continue (note how they ruined Dean, for example. Especially when he was right about Iraq and taxes and Oversize Me Media!).

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