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The Bright Side?
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Originally posted by Spanky
Did you ever read the Agenda by Bob Woodward (Bob Woodward’s expose on the Clinton administration)? Most of it was a work of fiction.
The press gave up a long time ago trying to be serious about facts, but that doesn't mean we should follow along blindly.
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Much of the press is more serious about facts than Bob Woodward, who likes to function like a stenographer. You may have heard that CIA sources say Tenet did not tell Bush that the case for WMD was a "slam dunk" -- something that was reported by Woodward. Indeed, Tenet told Woodward that he said no such thing in that meeting, but Woodward's book does not even tell the reader that different sources said different things. It just presents the White House account as the truth.
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