From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sun Oct 16 2005 - 18:03:01 BST
DMB:
Let me know when someone is arrested for "violating the law" against
covert propaganda. Until then, all that you, the GAO (stacked with Bush-
hating liberals) and Frank Rich prate about is just far left-wing humbug.
I'll accept Frank Rich as a reliable source when you do the same for Brent
Bozell and Bernard Goldberg.
Until then, your slanderous and unprincipled nonsense will be seen for
what it is -- bull.
Platt
> Howdy MOQers:
>
> DMB quoted Frank Rich:
> "...Federal auditors from the Government Accountability Office declared
> that the administration had violated the law against 'covert propaganda'
> when it repeatedly hired fake reporters (and one supposedly real pundit,
> Armstrong Williams) to plug its policies in faux news reports and editorial
> commentary produced at taxpayers' expense. " Frank Rich, New York Times
> OP-ED page.
>
> Platt replied:
> As a reporter, Frank Rich is as objective as Ann Coulter. I'll gladly match
> Rich quotes with Coulter quotes if that's the level DMB wants to sink to.
>
> dmb says:
> Frank Rich's alleged bias has nothing to do with it. He has reported that
> the GAO "declared that the administratd had violated the law", but his is a
> matter of fact. Either the GAO issued such a declaration or they did not.
> Its entirely checkable. Did you bother to dispute this fact? Nope. Did you
> check other sources to see if they were reporting the same story? No. Did
> you check with the GAO itself? Of course you didn't. Did you address the
> administration's illegal covert propaganda at all? Not a bit. All you did
> was try to discredit Frank Rich as biased. And one can only assume that the
> intended implication is that Rich was not reporting the turth, but
> propagandizing instead. And on the opinions page too! Are you being ironic
> or just nakedly unprincipled?
>
> And why do you prefer to attack the reporter rather than address the actual
> content of that report? Why is Frank Rich the issue rather than the
> administration's crimes? Could it be that you are just too horrified to
> face it because you're constantly parroting the administration's
> propaganda. Could it be that its too hard to admit to the truth of these
> declarations because you've been so proudly drinking the cool-aid? I should
> show some compassion here since you are clearly the victim of a series of
> crimes, but I guess I'm just not Buddhist enough for that. For some reason
> my concern is with those who might be persuaded by your slanderous and
> unprincipled nonsense.
>
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