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Re: Dan Rather is a Useful Idiot Extraordinare
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Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:25:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> > Lenin would have been so proud.
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> Osama and Tarik presumably are.
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> http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-graham022703.asp
Ah, a condemnation of the liberal media again:
> In the days leading up to the Dan's big "get," the liberal media seemed to
> rally around the anchorman, refusing to acknowledge a potentially damaging
> first impression
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> The liberal media may suggest this is balance against the gung-ho patriots
> singing "God Bless America" in D.C., but it's not balance.
Granted, the NRO makes no overtures of impartiality, but I don't recall
anyone "rallying around" Rather prior to or following the idiotic interview.
Bill Maher decried it last night on Larry King Live, and I know of at least
several Liberal pundits who wondered about it beforehand.
It's also a dishonest tactic to bring up the "God Bless America"
"patriots," since those singers were responding to the 9th US Circuit
Court's rejection of "under God" in The Pledge (which is, by the way,
*still* straw-manned as "declared the Pledge of Allegiance
unconstitiutional"). Graham's obvious intent in citing this example is to
link "God Bless America" "patriots" with W's war effort, and, by extention,
to imply that those who don't want this war/distraction are 'God-less' or
unpatriotic.
All that aside--the NRO is exactly right to identify the interview as a PR
gambit for Rather, as opposed to any sort of kind of serious journalism.
It's hard to fault Rather for failing to condemn Saddam to his face, but
that just tells me the interview shouldn't have happened in the first place.
Shame on Rather in any case.
Dave!
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes: <snipped the stuff I mostly agree with> (...) Why is it hard to fault Rather? I'm a bit lost on that part. I don't think it's hard at all! Is it hard because he's developmentally disadvantaged or (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Yes, missing a golden opportunity like this is a shame. I don't care what the Iraqi editors would have done--let them cancel the interview even--ask the questions that need answering--"Saddam, you have killed your citizens--why and are you (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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