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October 14, 2005
Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain
Whoops!
Yesterday, George W. engaged in a "spontaneous" chat U.S. toops in Iraq. The only trouble is, before going live, the dress rehearsal for this event was accidentally broadcast via satelite to news rooms around the world, and made it clear the event was, in fact, carefully staged (as if I ever would believe it were not, anyway).
NBC's Brian Williams and Andrea Mitchell took the administration to task (see the video from Crooks & Liars -- I encourage you to donate to the site's fund drive, as I am, since it provides a much-needed video archive).
So did some other news outlets. One CF reader advised me that Keith Olbermann did a great round-up of the rehearsal, which you can see here (note to Foxfire users: MSNBC is in cahoots with Microsoft so guess what? Yep, from my experience, you have to use Internet Explorer to view MSNBC video).
Of course, there are are two spins...er sides to every story, eh?
Bush, Troops Have Rehearsed Chat (CBS) * * Pentagon Denies Talk With Troops Was Staged (FOX)
Posted by MJuhre at October 14, 2005 02:30 PM