New York Times Admits POOR Iraq WMD Coverage of Bush Lies
Friday, July 16, 2004 at 12:22PM
TheSpook
Over the last few months, this page has repeatedly demanded that
President Bush acknowledge the mistakes his administration made when it
came to the war in Iraq, particularly its role in misleading the
American people about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and
links with Al Qaeda. If we want Mr. Bush to be candid about his
mistakes, we should be equally open about our own. . . As we've noted
in several editorials since the fall of Baghdad, we were wrong about
the weapons. And we should have been more aggressive in helping our
readers understand that there was always a possibility that no large
stockpiles existed. [more]
UM study critical of WMD coverage: Media said to buy administration line [more]
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