INDCJournal: Fool Me Once, Shame On You. Fool Me Thousands of Times ... Hey, Stop That Tom Brokaw!

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June 08, 2004

Fool Me Once, Shame On You. Fool Me Thousands of Times ... Hey, Stop That Tom Brokaw!

Posted by Bill

New England Republican exposes some carefully selective editing at NBC. A small sample of the tomfoolery (bolded sections were deleted):

President Bush:

“It's not easy work to take a country from tyranny to a free society. And we'd been there a little over a year. And it's-- you might recall if you're looking for parallels in World War II, it took about four years to get an active reconstruction effort going.

“And in my speech that you referred to, I make-- pointed out that in the immediate aftermath of World War II, there was a-- the Soviet Union exploded a bomb, that China went communist. It was a question of whether or not the Greek government would go communist.

“The reconstruction effort was halting at best. The marshal plan hadn't been started. And I-- my only point is, these are difficult assignments. It was a difficult assignment then. It's a difficult assignment now. And what America must do is understand the consequences of getting it right. And the consequences of getting right is that a free society in the Middle East is going to help change the country, change the countries in the Middle East and make us more secure and the world more peaceful.”

That whole middle section giving a historical context of the difficulties of reconstruction was edited right out. The average viewer had no idea that the President's answer was more detailed than what was presented.

As we criticize and beg Bush to adequately make the case for war, remember that there are those in the media that don't exactly make it easy. Go read the whole post.

Posted by Bill at June 8, 2004 03:12 PM | TrackBack (3)

Comments

Well I think this just shows the true reptillian nature of the liberal media. What's next? Probably an interview where the responses are just a tape loop of Bush saying "uh.."

You're an idiot, Tom Brokaw, a real idiot.

Posted by: chris at June 8, 2004 06:04 PM

Greta from FNC stated the other night on O'Reilly that the only condition that OJ Simpson requested for an interview, was that the interview could not be edited. Why in the world wouldn't the White House make this same request? The MSM may hate Bush, but they still want the coveted interview. Call me crazy, but if OJ can get it, why not the POTUS?

Posted by: Kelli at June 12, 2004 10:17 PM