descredited the report themselves. For instance:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/08/26/time.iraq/
Why promote the lies of Shrub.
larry
At 10:00 AM 10/20/2003, you wrote:
>The Czech reports of meeting between Al Qaeda and an Iraqi intel officer are
>pretty damned near perfect and the reports about the Czechs denying them
>were false. Their government has said that the meet happened. It's that
>simple. Remember also, Al Qaeda isn't the only game in town. Iraqi support
>of terrorism was a fact. Did they have a hand in 9/11, probably not, but
>they had plenty to do with supporting groups with funds and training
>worldwide.
>
>Tim
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 9:55 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: fair and balanced more on the Fox Survey
>
>Actually, our esteemed VP Dick Cheney, as recently as two weeks ago, again
>said there was overwhelming proof of Saddam-Al Qaeda links.
>
>Don't you watch Fox News?
>
>=)
>
>Jerry Johnson
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/17/03 05:02PM >>>
>Don't blame it all on the outlet; you also have to blame the person.
>
>We know there were relationships between Saddam and terrorists, not al
>Qaeda, mind you, but we all knew Saddam gave 20k to the family of any
>Palestinian bomber.
>
>They have found things that would allow Iraq to create chemical weapons, and
>they did find some chemical stuff at a terror camp in northern Iraq, some
>ricen IIRC.
>
>I don't know where the idea that people in other countries agreed with the
>war, but again, I would place the blame on the person, not the news outlet.
>
>My point is, people hear bits and pieces of the story, and they finish the
>rest in their head. Long before we went into Iraq Bush and the rest of the
>government said there was no connection between Iraq and the Sept 11th
>attacks, and there never seemed to be a connection between Iraq and al
>Qaeda.
>
>These guys almost all report the same stuff, some of them do manage to show
>it in a different light than, however the news the report is almost always
>the same. I can't speak for the commentators these different networks have,
>but if we accept what these guys say as fact, then shame on us.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 7:54 PM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: fair and balanced more on the Fox Survey
>
>More from the Post Op-Ed piece:
>
>In a series of polls from May through September, the researchers
>discovered that large minorities of Americans entertained some highly
>fanciful beliefs about the facts of the Iraqi war. Fully 48 percent
>of Americans believed that the United States had uncovered evidence
>demonstrating a close working relationship between Saddam Hussein and
>al Qaeda. Another 22 percent thought that we had found the weapons of
>mass destruction in Iraq. And 25 percent said that most people in
>other countries had backed the U.S. war against Saddam Hussein.
>Sixty percent of all respondents entertained at least one of these
>bits of dubious knowledge; 8 percent believed all three.
>
>The researchers then asked where the respondents most commonly went
>to get their news. The fair and balanced folks at Fox, the survey
>concludes, were "the news source whose viewers had the most
>misperceptions." Eighty percent of Fox viewers believed at least one
>of these un-facts; 45 percent believed all three. Over at CBS, 71
>percent of viewers fell for one of these mistakes, but just 15
>percent bought into the full trifecta. And in the daintier precincts
>of PBS viewers and NPR listeners, just 23 percent adhered to one of
>these misperceptions, while a scant 4 percent entertained all three.
>
><http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27061-2003Oct14.html>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27061-2003Oct14.html
><http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27061-2003Oct14.html>
>
>I knew there were some positive reasons why I listen to NPR news.
>
>larry
>--
>
>Larry C. Lyons
>
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>Life is Complex. It has both real and imaginary parts.
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>Chaos, Panic and Disorder. My work here is done.
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