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TexasEditor Donating Member (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-03 12:15 PM
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"shameful displays of intellectual dishonesty"
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/archives/media/2003/media0822.html

Heads in the Sand

By Erik Wemple

Last winter, as the Bush administration rushed the country toward an invasion of Iraq, the editorial departments of some leading U.S. publications sounded a lot like Vice President Dick Cheney.
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With their arguments falling apart in the rearview mirror, warmongering editorialists in recent weeks have undertaken a harrowing task: Make recent revelations somehow jibe with their previous work crusading for the invasion of Baghdad. There's not much precedent for publications running retractions of their opinions, so the task becomes one of eating crow without making a face.

Here's a ranking of key publications in this department, starting with the most shameful displays of intellectual dishonesty.

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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-03 12:42 PM
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1. great article--thanks for posting!
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StandWatie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-03 12:46 PM
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2. You know what's wierd..
This is not the first time the US government lied about a bunch of shit to get a war going but I do believe this is the first time people realized it this fast..
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JohnyCanuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-03 12:56 PM
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3. What blows my mind


Is how many people still believe the lies even when the evidence that the gov't is lying is staring them in their face.
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