http://powerlineblog.com/archives/017239.php<snip>
In his exclusive report on John McCain's and Lindsey Graham's press conference in Baghdad, Drudge asserted that CNN reporter Michael Ware "laugh
and mock their comments." Raw Story posted video of the press conference here, and left wing sites such as Media Matters imply we have been flogging a false story. I have added updates to our posts noting the questionable accuracy of the Drudge item based on the video and asked Drudge to address the issue.
Today Glenn Reynolds linked to this AFP story by one Jennie Matthew. The AFP story is outrageously editorial in nature, but it does contain this choice nugget (emphasis added):
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"I studied warfare. I'm a student of history. If you control the capital city of a nation you have a significant advantage," countered McCain as one reporter giggled at the back.
I don't know if giggles equal laughter and mockery, or if Ware was the giggler. But it seems to me that the AFP story provides evidence that tends to support Drudge's account. According to the Raw Story report and accompanying screen capture, Ware was sitting "in front of the camera," i.e., "at the back."
Rawstory actually contacts the AFP reporter...
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Blogs_accuse_CNN_reporter_of_disrupting_0404.html<snip>
On Tuesday, a group of blogs pointed to a Sunday, April 1 story from Agence France-Presse reporter Jennie Matthew as evidence that a reporter in the back of the press conference had "giggled" while the Arizona Republican spoke.
She told RAW STORY in an e-mail that Michael Ware was not the culprit.
"As far as I'm aware there was no disruption of the press conference at all," wrote Matthew from Baghdad. "The reporter who giggled at the back was not Michael Ware, whom I don't remember giggling or making any kind of disturbance. I think I remember him wanting to ask a question, but the congressmen ended the news conference."
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