The Mirror got busted over those pictures admittedly, but its not as simple as that. The govt knew they had the pictures and for two weeks said nothing, until they were published, and then denied all evidence or knowledge. That aside, people believe or don’t believe what they want to. So maybe the Mirror has an agenda, but why would the UK govt stop the media from reporting the rest of that memo?

I don’t doubt for a second Bush wanted to bomb Al-Jazeera. Whether he significantly went down that road is another matter. But I bet more than one person entertained the idea in this administration, given that Al-Jazeera was the only media challenging the western media’s coverage of events inside Iraq. The bigger scandal is how the western media went along with the lies, and one they’ll be talking about for decades. Until then, I think this makes a good story. And one that has more credence than, say, Fox News or what CNN might come out with IMO.

MD, I am actually with you on the whole Iraq war. I think the ends justify the means in this case. But, I disagree with your initial argument, that because they fired an editor over a fake story once , nothing in the paper can be believed. The venrable NY times (yes, the one which employed Jayson Blair!) also gets it wrong from time to time.

P.S. i think even if the president did say it, he was only joking.

And is it any wonder that desis are overwhelmingly democrat?

Here’s a brain teaser: How do we know now that there are no weapons in Iraq? Seems easier to verify with that nasty horror Saddam gone, no?

The world is down one nasty dictator! Well, I can’t find it in my heart to feel too bad about that, kiddos.

Yes. It is the same Mirror talking about the same president who swore up and down that Iraq had WMD

My mother once called me and said, “when were you in New Orleans?” “Never” “But I was googling your name (ed note: she’s desi, what did you expect) and found an article quoting you from a meeting in New Orleans.” “Uh, a reported interviewed me in Chicago about a poster being presented at a meeting in New Orleans. I didn’t go, the resident went and presented it.” “Oh,” says nosy ma.

*PS – I am a nobody and this is the only time I was ever interviewed for a small, very small, medical type journal.

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MD, this strategy sounds oddly familiar – where have I seen this before…