Well lookee who jumped onto the MSNBC bashing bandwagon

[underpants]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucac/20070208/cm_ucac/yellowcakeandyellowjournalism;_ylt=AlnhAYiJhoEzwzl98vwUrWX9wxIF

To see how liberal history is created, you need to tune into the nut-cable stations and watch their coverage of the Scooter Libby trial. On MSNBC they're covering the trial like it's the Normandy Invasion, starring Elvis Presley, as told by Joseph Goebbels.

MSNBC's "reportage" consists of endless repetition of arbitrary assertions, half-truths and thoroughly debunked canards. No one else cares about the trial -- except presumably Scooter Libby -- so the passionate left is allowed to invent a liberal fable without correction.

There have been massive investigations into this particular claim of "Ambassador" Joe Wilson (news, bio, voting record), both here and in Britain. Nearly three years ago, a bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee concluded that this was not merely untrue, it was the opposite of the truth: Wilson's report actually bolstered the belief that Saddam was seeking uranium from Niger.

If you wonder how it came to be generally acknowledged "fact," accepted by all men of good will, that Joe McCarthy was a monster, that Alger Hiss was innocent, that mankind is causing global warming and that we're losing the war in Iraq, try watching the rewriting of history nightly on MSNBC. Don't forget to bring your time machine.

[babylonsister]

1. I had to open that to see who wrote this garbage. Not surprised at all. nt

[emulatorloo]

2. Who let Ann Coulter out of her jail cell?

Or did she post it on the prison's computers?

[Dr.Phool]

3. Jail cell?

I thought it was more like a padded room.

[Frances]

4. Poorly written

I am a political junkie and even I had a hard time following Coulter's argument. I think most people would wind up shaking their heads in confusion after they finished reading her screed.

[underpants]

8. Random thoughts on the back of bar napkins

That is what her writing (sic) has always looked like to me. She clearly does this at the last minute.

[BOSSHOG]

5. That's a fairly long article for a "conservative" audience to peruse

Why wouldn't ann just write, wilson bad, libby good? That would be enough for the kind of constitution hating trash that "reads" her drivel. Oh those words in the SOTU. Why pray tell ann did the white house later reject them stating they weren't, ya know, totally accurate? Please ann, pray tell.

Wilson's report "bolstered." Out of the mouths of babes. Did you know more die in car wrecks? Fight them there instead of here. The book was "well researched." Gosh I could be an ignorant trash conservative too, just repeating what I hear like, like a pavolovian puppy dog sans intellectual curiousity.

Thanks for the chuckle ann and thanks for once again reminding me of my oath to protect and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and DOMESTIC.

[idealistMO]

6. yellowcake

Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting is my absolute favorite!!!

Iraq NEVER aquired any yellowckae ore. Period. What more does anyone need to know?

[Tin Man]

7. ...typical Coulter diatribe. No substance, all hyperbole - the spittle virtually flies from the page

I wish DUers would post attributions, especially when posting Coulter pieces.
Makes me wonder sometimes...

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Why does yahoo have this crap as 'news'?

[yellowcanine]

10. Toxic Annie confuses Ambassador Joe Wilson and Rep Joe Wilson (R) of South Carolina.

"There have been massive investigations into this particular claim of "Ambassador" Joe Wilson (news, bio, voting record), both here and in Britain."

The link she gives is to Rep. Joe Wilson, a Repuke, no less. And why does she have "Ambassador" in quotes? My understanding is that once a person is an Ambassador, he/she gets to use the title even after retirement. Not so?

[mwb970]

11. Her analysis of the Washington Post article is incomplete.

Coulter writes:

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As David Shuster reported last week: "Wilson goes and finds out that the claim that Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger is not accurate."

There have been massive investigations into this particular claim of "Ambassador" Joe Wilson, both here and in Britain. Nearly three years ago, a bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee concluded that this was not merely untrue, it was the opposite of the truth: Wilson's report actually bolstered the belief that Saddam was seeking uranium from Niger.

"The panel found," as The Washington Post reported on July 10 (2004), "that Wilson's report, rather than debunking intelligence about purported uranium sales to Iraq, as he has said, bolstered the case for most intelligence analysts." So you can see how a seasoned newsman like David Shuster might come to the exact opposite conclusion and then repeat this false conclusion on TV every night.
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You can read the original Post article here.

Then, read Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo posting from the same day (July 10, 2004) for a more complete analysis.