Comments on: Obama’s Pastor Gets An Opinion Poll: 8% National Approval

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:36:01 +0000

“In reality, getting and using something you can charge someone with becomes more important than the accuracy or not.”

That's exactly what will continue to happen. And it's how the Bushies (well, his supporters) swiftboated Kerry- get some lie out there to create doubt and that lie will take away votes from your opponent.

By: cettel

cettel — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:38:45 +0000

You fail to note that Kristol said nothing more than that brief expression of "regret," and that he didn’t remove and repudiate the column itself, although this false allegation for which he now asserted “regret” was its entire basis. He was thus letting the libelous opinion-column stand, even as he said that he felt "regret" that it was based upon a falsehhood which had been documented to him.

It's clear from this that truth has no importance to Kristol. Nor does it have any importance to The New York Times and to other major "news" media which hire him and which continue to treat Kristol as an authority, even though he and his PNAC organization were leading "authorities" alleging that Saddam Hussein's WMD constituted an existential threat to the U.S. so that Saddam needed to be forcibly removed. Why are you not damned angry at Kristol and his enablers and publishers, for continuing their manipulation of the public by means of such distortions and lies?

Why don't you focus on Kristol's not withdrawing his libelous column even as he says he regrets its falsehood? Or don't you notice the phoniness of that, and the ulterior political agenda behind the deception?

By: Davebo

Davebo — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:17:34 +0000

Kristol made his correction because he is a professional and does have journalistic standards.

If he was a professional with journalistic standards he wouldn't have quoted the Newsmax piece without verifying it to begin with Joe.

And if he were a professional, and if the New York Times had journalistic standards both would insist the piece be pulled because without that fact the entire story falls on it's face.

By: GeorgeSorwell

GeorgeSorwell — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:01:56 +0000

Kristol got his lie out there. Or maybe he just made a little mistake. What makes him different from Dan Rather in that respect?

Now people who don't care much about accuracy will be able to say it was published in the New York Times.

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