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Re: Dan Rather is a Useful Idiot Extraordinare
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Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:56:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> 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?"
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> Ask him--you're sitting across from him.
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> Ah, oh well, opportunity lost.
"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 with a lot (not all,
mind you but a lot) of the media in the US. (and much of the rest of the
West, including Canada, from what I gather) Really, Dave, I'm disappointed.
I must say you make a far poorer showing on this than Dave! But then I've
always suspected you of moral relativisim.
1 - er, "travesty of a propaganda exercise" rather than "interview", but
interview is easier to type
2 - not that I am assuming that, mind you.
++Lar
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| (...) Well, I didn't want to get into it deeply for I didn't see the actual interview, and am only going by what has been said here, as well as the links posted. But if true, I don't think I'd string Dan up on the nearest branch--rather I'd do (...) (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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