Bush's revisionist history - Democratic Underground

Ivar

(56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Nov-14-03 05:49 PM
Original message

Bush's revisionist history

Not sure if this has been covered but...

I just came over a story in a Norwegian newspaper about how the White House changed the press release from May 1st.

This is the press release as it stands now:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/05/iraq/20030501-15.html
President Bush Announces Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended

And here is the same press release copied by http://www.waybackmachine.org/ on May 6th:
http://web.archive.org/web/20030506022455/http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/05/iraq/20030501-15.html
President Bush Announces Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended

There is a significance between "" and "major".

It has to be illegal to alter past press releases?

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

bobbieinok

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Nov-14-03 06:02 PM
Response to Original message

1. this is EXTREMELY important

The change from 'combat operations....have ended' to 'MAJOR combat operations....have ended' was reported/discussed in DU.

Many did not see it or have forgotten and quote the change.

Every time we discuss this photo op we should point out the change with link.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

bobbieinok

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Nov-14-03 06:09 PM
Response to Original message

2. sorry, just checked links.......questions

The web.archive link has 'major combat...' in the text, so it doesn't seem to support the claim that the release was changed.

Simplistic question....how does one use waybackmachine to find the original text???

When I first read about this in DU, I think there was a different link for the original text. Maybe the memoryhole???

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

amber dog democrat

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jan-07-04 09:04 PM
Response to Original message

3. kind of reminds me of Animal Farm

its all in the phrasing. Alot of sheeple won't care, or notice.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Homer12

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-10-04 01:30 PM
Response to Original message

4. If I'm not Mistakin', GW re-coined the phrase for these type of People.

Edited on Sat Jan-10-04 01:31 PM by Homer12

He called them, "Revisionist Historians".

But I'll coin a new phrase right now and call GW a, "Bottom-feeding, scum sucking, lying Son-of-a-Bitch!"

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

php1949

(89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Jan-11-04 09:35 AM
Response to Original message

5. How can the text be compared?

With a unix workstation, you can easily compare the text of two files, using the diff or compare commands. Does anyone know how to comparte two text files on a PC? I think it is not illegal to change the text of the press release subject. I think tha it IS illegal to change the text of the content of the speech. So that is what needs to be exposed and proved. RadionLeft talks frequently about this, but we need to be able to show exactly where the content was edited.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Wed Apr 24th 2024, 11:50 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.