Investigate Bush and the media for Iraq

[KingofSwords]

But when it comes to Iraq, it would be folly to limit any inquiry to just the intelligence community. David Kay assures us that intelligence analysts were not pressured by the Bush administration to doctor their findings to please their bosses. With all due respect, this is the same Kay who once, with a huge amount of enthusiasm, thought Iraq was one vast repository of weapons of mass destruction. In other words, he ain't infallible.


The decision -- its urgency -- seemed to come out of nowhere. Yet most of America fell into line, and in certain segments of the media, the Murdoch press above all, dissent was ridiculed. On Fox TV, France was called a member of the "axis of weasels" and antiwar demonstrators in Davos were disparaged as "knuckleheads." Colorful stuff, but wrong, irresponsible and craven.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7219-2004Feb2.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. I recomend that people read

War: A force that Gives us Meaning

It is a book written by an old hand in war reporting, it will explain much of what happened. I reaad it after the Sept 11 attacks, and saw all that he wrote affecting other nations, overtake the US... and boy for those of us who stood up and said NO, this is a mistake early in the process to go to war, my hat is off to all of us... when yuo read the book you will understand just what we all risked

[annxburns]

2. Man I love this guy ...

... finally it is getting through. All those cable news pundits and apologists for the Bush administration have to take responsibility for shouting down voices of dissent and failing to ask tough questions.

Just because you are afraid of losing a right wing audience and are afraid of being labeled "liberal" does NOT excuse you from your responsibility.

CNN, FOX, and MSNBC failed, in a very real and tangible way, the men and women in the military and the American people.

I hope they can live with themselves. I hope when Chris Matthews thinks about some kid who died or lost a limb he gets a twinge of guilt. He should.

[KingofSwords]

3. Chris Matthews seemed to think

Going to Iraq was not a good idea.

[annxburns]

4. No he failed ...

... again and again in his tv program to bring up the hard questions. He stroked Bush over and over again to appeal to his RW audience. Just because he says something different in his newspaper columns and in private does not change the fact that he failed to hold Bush accountable.

[ixion]

5. I have been saying since the start

that the media should be held accountable for enabling this tragedy. Every one of them who silenced dissent, every one of them who sat there with a straight face and towed the party line should be tried for crimes against humanity.

You might say that's extreme, but we are talking about THOUSANDS of innocent people who died because the media was too complacent to ask real questions.

And as the old saying goes: Ignorance is no excuse.

[cosmicdot]

6. "embedded"

nudge, nudge, say no more

[dennis4868]

7. You know....

they investigated Clinton's penis for 8 years and a 30 year old land deal...what else do you want from your media? Leave them alone :-(