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September 14, 2004
ABC's The Note: CBS News Experts Say Their Concerns Were IgnoredThe rats are abandoning the ship. Not that these folks are rats, of course. These folks are doing the right thing (if a little bit later than I might have liked). So I guess that metaphor doesn't work. Let's try again: The human passengers are abandoning the ship, leaving just the rats at CBS and the Boston Globe and the New York Times on the ship, and, shortly, we hope, after a more thorough scrutiny of the ship (actually the story), these rats (actually also human beings with ratlike qualities) will begin abandoning the ship (which, once again, is actually a metaphor for the story). There. That reads okay to me. It's "punchy." UPDATE: This would seem to be a confirmation of the guess I made in the Dan Rather: Expert Shop-A-Holic post. Assuming these experts were contacted before the story ran. posted by Ace at 07:09 PM
CommentsIs it just me or is Dan Rather starting to look like Gollum? Posted by: Sailor Kenshin on September 14, 2004 07:17 PM
I think the rat-like humans are scurrying around, rearranging the deck chairs of the sinking ship, although in this metaphor it means the whole MSM hegemony and not the story, per se. But this ship could be called the MSM Titanic. At least I hope so. I'm feeling a little punchy myownself. Posted by: See-Dubya on September 14, 2004 07:22 PM
Hey Ace, Does anybody have a short but sweet list of the known problems with the memos? Strictly bullet point, no comments. Posted by: Max Power on September 14, 2004 07:39 PM
Someone who watched ABC World News tonight e-mailed me afterwards and said Linda James told CBS before the memos were released that people would have all sorts of questions and problems with them. I just posted the info and am waiting to see if anyone else saw the show and will confirm. Posted by: Allah on September 14, 2004 07:42 PM
Well, Allah, that's how I read the Note piece, but I guess they didn't say that specifically. Posted by: ace on September 14, 2004 07:46 PM
Hmm, didn't I read a blog today where someone wondered what the first-string experts would say? Yes, I did. Nice one, Ace. Posted by: Phil on September 14, 2004 08:14 PM
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