-Caveat Lector- > ***Media Research Center CyberAlert Special*** > 4:15pm ET, Friday January 19, 2001 > > Text of a Media Reality Check "Quick Take," put together this > afternoon by the MRC's Rich Noyes, about ABC News coverage a bit > past 2pm ET today for the Clinton-Ray deal: > > RAY USED "SLEDGEHAMMER" TO FORCE "BITTER PILL" ON CLINTON > > PETER JENNINGS SAID IT IS A "VERY SAD" WAY FOR CLINTON TO LEAVE > > During ABC News live coverage this afternoon of a deal between > Independent Counsel Robert Ray and outgoing President Bill > Clinton, anchor Peter Jennings complained that the prosecutor had > used his "enormous leverage" to force Clinton to admit he had > testified falsely in the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit in > January, 1998. > > "I gather that the Independent Counsel must have been hitting > these people with a sledgehammer in the final days of the > presidency," Jennings griped to ABC political analyst -- and > former Clinton aide -- George Stephanopoulos. > Stephanopoulos agreed that the deal was "a bitter pill," but > lectured the audience that Clinton had not been forced to "admit > to criminal conduct." > > Jennings presented Clinton as the victim. "His critics will not be > disappointed to see this happen, and his enemies too, nonetheless, > it's a very sad, almost tragic way for the President to spend his > last day in office," he mourned. > > Stephanopoulos also went out of his way to praise Robert Ray for > not indicting his old boss: "I think he's likely to be seen by a > lot of political observers as one of the wisest people to come out > of this. He didn't go over the line, unlike what a lot of critics > said about Ken Starr." > > END Reprint __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
