ABOUT THAT “30,000 IRAQI CIVILIANS DEAD” FIGURE
The MSM distortion of President Bush’s remarks is spreading like wildfire.
Mudville Gazette corrects the record.
Will the media?
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Results!
Several readers e-mailed the San Francisco Chronicle, including blogger Jeff H. of Think Sink. An excerpt from his e-mail exchange:
Will you correct the clearly misleading headline? Civilians are not the same as military, police, insurgents, translators.
Response:
I know. I don’t write headlines. I have told editors to correct.
Thanks for writing.
Edward Epstein
Washington Bureau
San Francisco Chronicle
Sure enough, the headline has now been altered (with no correction or acknowledgement).
It’s a start.
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Video of President Bush’s remarks at The Political Teen.
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