Fw: [Afterdowningstreet] Bush, Blair, and Bumiller
Bush, Blair, and Bumiller
By David Swanson, www.afterdowningstreet.org
The corporate media today began its coverage of the Downing Street Minutes, moved to do so by a visit to
And, while most newspapers simply reported what Bush and Blair said, the USA Today, Houston Chronicle, Boston Globe, Columbus Dispatch, and Salon called www.AfterDowningStreet.org for comments. The articles are posted and linked to on our site.
And the Washington Post provided a lengthy and quite interesting chat on its website with staff writer Jefferson Morley, also available via www.afterdowningstreet.org.
But the Post's Dana Milbank declared the story over, having apparently mistaken a starting pistol for a fatal shot.
Here's what he wrote:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=101
Here's how to politely tell him he's mistaken:
The New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller published the following piece of stenography:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/international/08prexy.html
This puts into new light Bumiller's famous comment that "You cant just say the president is lying. You dont just say that...."
From a panel broadcast on C-Span:
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2481
Bumiller: Thats why its very hard to write those, because you cant say George Bush is wrong here. Theres no way you can say that in the New York Times. So we contort ourselves up and say, Actually I actually once wrote this sentence: Mr. Bushs statement did not exactly . . . It was some completely upside down statement that was basically saying he wasnt telling the truth. And I got an email from somebody saying, Whats wrong with you guys? Why cant you just say it plainly? But theres just
Loren Ghiglione (Medill School of Journalism, Moderator): Why cant you say it plainly?
Bumiller: You cant just say the president is lying. You dont just say that in the . . . you just say
Ghiglione: Well, why cant you?
[laughter from the audience]
Bumiller: You can in an editorial, but Im sorry, you cant in a news column. Mr. Bush is lying? You can say Mr. Bush is, you can say. . . .
[Murmuring and laughter continue from audience.]
Bumiller [to audience]: And stop the fussing! You can say Mr. Bushs statement was not factually accurate. You cant say the president is lyingthats a judgment call.
How to politely ask Bumiller to report the truth even if it requires analyzing facts and making judgments:
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