Coverage of Rumsfeld Speech Incident Has a Gap
***Truth Dig***
Posted on May 5, 2006
While almost all media organizations reported that CIA veteran Ray McGovern publicly clashed with Rumsfeld, most labeled him a “heckler” or a “hostile war critic.” Few bothered to mention that McGovern was indisputably correct: Rumsfeld’s 2003 comments on Iraqi WMD were flat-out false.
Think Progress:
... While the media has been quick to cover McGovern’s accusation that Rumsfeld lied, many news accounts have failed to report Rumsfeld’s own words from March 2003. The lead AP story, written by Shannon McCaffrey, fails to make any mention of it. Versions of the AP story have been reported in today’s Washington Post, Houston Chronicle, and many other papers.
Cox News Service also wrote a story that failed to report Rumsfeld’s own words. The Cox story was reported in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, among other papers.
Fortunately, there have been a small number of reports that reported Rumsfeld’s statements, most notably in the L A Times and the Chicago Tribune.
Are newsrooms across the country afraid of being perceived as anti-war “hecklers” and “hostile war critics” if they accurately report the administration’s false claims?
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Rumsfeld's CIA Critic Swats Away Paula Zahn
Ray McGovern, the retired CIA veteran who sharply challenged Rumsfeld’s war rationales, angrily swatted away CNN’s Paula Zahn’s questions about McGovern’s motives. This was “not a matter of axes to grind. It’s a matter of telling the truth.”
Bio of McGovern
Truthdigger of the Week: Ray McGovern
Truthdig salutes Ray McGovern, the 27-year CIA veteran who articulated the outrage of a nation by publicly and heroically challenging Donald Rumsfeld’ lies about Iraqi WMDs. Click here to see a video of the encounter, biographical info on McGovern, collections of his articles, interviews, book excerpts and one of the cheekiest pieces of anti-Rumsfeld propaganda ever to grace a public forum.>>> cont
Posted on May 5, 2006
While almost all media organizations reported that CIA veteran Ray McGovern publicly clashed with Rumsfeld, most labeled him a “heckler” or a “hostile war critic.” Few bothered to mention that McGovern was indisputably correct: Rumsfeld’s 2003 comments on Iraqi WMD were flat-out false.
Think Progress:
... While the media has been quick to cover McGovern’s accusation that Rumsfeld lied, many news accounts have failed to report Rumsfeld’s own words from March 2003. The lead AP story, written by Shannon McCaffrey, fails to make any mention of it. Versions of the AP story have been reported in today’s Washington Post, Houston Chronicle, and many other papers.
Cox News Service also wrote a story that failed to report Rumsfeld’s own words. The Cox story was reported in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, among other papers.
Fortunately, there have been a small number of reports that reported Rumsfeld’s statements, most notably in the L A Times and the Chicago Tribune.
Are newsrooms across the country afraid of being perceived as anti-war “hecklers” and “hostile war critics” if they accurately report the administration’s false claims?
Link
Rumsfeld's CIA Critic Swats Away Paula Zahn
Ray McGovern, the retired CIA veteran who sharply challenged Rumsfeld’s war rationales, angrily swatted away CNN’s Paula Zahn’s questions about McGovern’s motives. This was “not a matter of axes to grind. It’s a matter of telling the truth.”
Bio of McGovern
Truthdigger of the Week: Ray McGovern
Truthdig salutes Ray McGovern, the 27-year CIA veteran who articulated the outrage of a nation by publicly and heroically challenging Donald Rumsfeld’ lies about Iraqi WMDs. Click here to see a video of the encounter, biographical info on McGovern, collections of his articles, interviews, book excerpts and one of the cheekiest pieces of anti-Rumsfeld propaganda ever to grace a public forum.>>> cont
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