NYT Crows: Our NIE Leak Elected The Democrats!

Not even pretending anymore (Just One Minute link):

How Democrats Turned The War Into An Ally

On a warm night in mid-September, Representative Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois Democrat leading his party’s campaign to win back the House, stood in front of I Ricchi, a stylish Italian restaurant in downtown Washington, screaming at an aide who happened to be in his sight.

Why, he demanded, had Iraq fallen off the front pages and the evening news, replaced by President Bush’s weeklong commemoration of the Sept. 11 anniversary? How could Democrats win if this unpopular war was fought uncovered? As he headed in for dinner, he pronounced himself as despondent about his party’s hopes as he had been all year.

Two weeks later, the political world had turned, propelled by new bursts of violence in Iraq, new questions about incompetence in the waging of the war in Iraq, and an intelligence report suggesting that the American invasion had actually worsened the terrorist threat.

Just One Minute notes the selective quotation by the report, and how the media refused to correct previous misreporting once the fuller report was declassified.

Because, you know, the media is dedicated to getting all relevant information to the public.

posted by Ace at 01:41 PM

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