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Re: Dan Rather is a Useful Idiot Extraordinare
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Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:44:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> 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
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> Ah, a condemnation of the liberal media again:
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> > 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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> and
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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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Dave!
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 going to stop?"
Ask him--you're sitting across from him.
Ah, oh well, opportunity lost.
Dave K
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| (...) "Oh well"... "A shame"... ??? Is that the best you can do, Dave? One could argue that this interview(1) was "aiding and comforting the enemy", assuming Saddam's our enemy specifically(2). This interview(1) is a perfect example of what's wrong (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) and (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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