Did your local paper carry the Bush fixed Iraq intel story?

[blm]

And, if they did, HOW did they cover it?

The Charlotte Observer had it on the front page....YAY....but, they used a misleading headline - "Memo HINTS Bush made intel fit policy"

I called and complained that they covered up for Bush by lying in their headline when the memo clearly states that Bush WAS fixing the intel, and not that the memo was just hinting.

How did your paper do and how did you handle it?

[AlCzervik]

1. yes they did but left off the "hints" part.

"Bush chose war early memo says"

[T Wolf]

2. That slimy den of liberal bias, The Philly Inquirer

had not one goddamn word about it.

To be expected.

[blm]

26. Really odd since they are a Knight-Ridder paper.

Whoever made the decision there NOT to run it should get a piece of your mind.

[JerseygirlCT]

3. Hartford Courant?

Not a word.

[realFedUp]

4. could you post a link to that story again

I don't think the LA Times has touched
it, but I need more info again and
can't locate it on DU. TIA

[blm]

8. Here ya go....and also in LBN

By WARREN P. STROBEL and JOHN WALCOTT
Knight Ridder Newspapers

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/11574258.htm

WASHINGTON - A highly classified British memo, leaked in the midst of Britain's just-concluded election campaign, indicates that President Bush decided to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein by summer 2002 and was determined to ensure that U.S. intelligence data supported his policy.

The document, which summarizes a July 23, 2002, meeting of British Prime Minister Tony Blair with his top security advisers, reports on a visit to Washington by the head of Britain's MI-6 intelligence service.

The visit took place while the Bush administration was still declaring to the American public that no decision had been made to go to war.

"There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable," the MI-6 chief said at the meeting, according to the memo. "Bush wanted to remove Saddam through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD," weapons of mass destruction.

The memo said "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."
=========

[realFedUp]

12. thanks. nt

[paineinthearse]

5. A search of Bush fixed Iraq intel reveals...

Memo: Bush made intel fit Iraq policy
Kansas City Star, MO - 11 hours ago
... "Bush wanted to remove Saddam through military action ... the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the ... mass destruction have been found in Iraq since the ...

Secret UK Memo Reveals Bush Team Knew Intel on Iraq was Cooked
Political Affairs Magazine, NY - May 5, 2005
... But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the ... 1-2 August, Rumsfeld on 3 August and Bush on 4 ... with a discrete role in Northern Iraq entering from ...

A subsequent search on "Bush wanted to remove Saddam through military action" yiels 52 additional hits:

Memo disputes Bush Iraq claims
Seattle Times, WA - 6 hours ago
By Warren P. Strobel and John Walcott. WASHINGTON — A highly classified British memo, leaked during Britain's just-concluded election ...

Memo indicates '02 decision for war
Kansas City Star, MO - 7 hours ago
By WARREN P. STROBEL and JOHN WALCOTT. WASHINGTON — A highly classified British memo indicates President Bush apparently decided ...

British memo indicates Bush made intelligence fit Iraq policy
Kansas City Star, MO - 13 hours ago
BY WARREN P. STROBEL AND JOHN WALCOTT. WASHINGTON - (KRT) - A highly classified British memo, leaked in the midst of Britain's just ...

Memo says Bush wanted data to justify Saddam's removal
Pioneer Press, MN - 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON — A classified British memo, leaked in the midst of Britain's just-concluded election campaign, indicates President Bush decided by summer 2002 to ...

British memo describes war plans
Lexington Herald Leader, KY - 6 hours ago
By Warren P. Strobel And John Walcott. WASHINGTON - A highly classified British memo, leaked in the midst of Britain's just-concluded ...

Memo: Bush was set on ousting Saddam
The State, SC - 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON — A highly classified British memo indicates that President Bush decided by summer 2002 to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and was ...

Iraq: When Was The Die Cast?
uruknet.info, Italy - May 3, 2005
John Prados is a senior fellow with the National Security Archive in Washington, DC. He is author of Hoodwinked: The Documents That ...

Memo: Bush made intel fit Iraq policy
Miami Herald, FL - 11 hours ago
By WARREN P. STROBEL and JOHN WALCOTT. WASHINGTON - A highly classified British memo, leaked in the midst of Britain's just-concluded ...

British memo indicates Bush made intelligence fit Iraq policy
Iraq Occupation Watch, CA - 2 hours ago
By Warren P. Strobel and John Walcott. A highly classified British memo, leaked in the midst of Britain's just-concluded election ...

Memo shows early invasion plans
The Spokesman Review (subscription), WA - 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON – A highly classified British memo, leaked in the midst of Britain's just-concluded election campaign, indicates that President Bush decided to ...

British memo says Bush fixed facts to support war
Newark Star Ledger, NJ - 9 hours ago
BY WARREN P. STROBEL AND JOHN WALCOTT. WASHINGTON -- A highly classified British memo -- leaked amid Britain's just-concluded election ...

Iraq: When Was The Die Cast?
Iraq Occupation Watch, CA - May 4, 2005
Coming just days after the release of the original secret legal advice given to the British government on the lack of foundation in international law for ...

In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the 12 already displayed.
If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results included.

........SO, the story is growing legs.

[blm]

10. It's important to know WHAT PAGE and the headline USED for the paper.

The headline at their website isn't always the headline they use for their actual papers. As shown by the Charlotte Observer example.

The WAY the papers handle this report will better indicate how the media, in general, will take this story.

[kansasblue]

6. KC Star Yes!

Memo indicates '02 decision for war
By WARREN P. STROBEL and JOHN WALCOTT / Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON β€” A highly classified British memo indicates President Bush apparently decided to overthrow Saddam Hussein by summer 2002 and was determined to ensure U.S. intelligence data supported his policy. ... weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq since the U.S. invasion in March ...
Friday, May 6, 2005 (KansasCity.com)

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/search/search_results.htm?pubName=kansascity&orderBy=date&pageStart=1&sitesToSearch=kansascity%2Ckansascitystar%2Crealcities&pageSize=10&fieldsToSearch=HEADLINE%2CFORSEARCH%2CLEAD%2CBYLINE&queryType=all&searchSelect=article&query=iraq

[seafan]

9. Please insert the word "no" before "....weapons of mass destr....."

Thanks!

Interesting that word was omitted in the short summary on that search page.


From the actual article:

--snip

The memo said “the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy.”

No weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq since the U.S. invasion in March 2003.

The White House has repeatedly denied accusations it manipulated intelligence estimates to justify an invasion. It has pointed to the conclusions of two studies that cite failures by agencies in judging Hussein's weapons programs.

[BurtWorm]

18. That is how it should be reported.

:thumbsup:

[Another Bill C.]

7. St. Paul Pioneer Press

On edit: sorry about dupe -- I wanted to indicate the story was buried.

buried it on page 12.
"Memo says Bush wanted data to justify Saddam's removal."
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/nation/11576302.htm

[blm]

11. That's important. They deserve a complaint call or letter.

.

[CornField]

13. Not my local paper -- too much gossip for that!

You know... Mrs. B and Mrs. J hosted an early summer tea party... :D

I'm not sure about the area daily paper. I mostly read it just for local news and skip over the national stuff (which I get off the net)

[tyedyeto]

14. Nary a peep in either of them.......

at least in the online version of Tucson's 2 daily newspapers.

[mwb970]

15. Columbus Dispatch had it on page A7.

But they used the "hint" fudge in the headline. I wrote the Managing Editor to complain. Here's my letter:

-----

Hello Joe -

Could you explain the headline that appeared in the Dispatch this morning reading "British memo hints that Bush made 'facts' fit his war plans"? Joe, have you read the memo? It does not "hint", it states that "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy". This statement is in the body of the article itself.

Joe, Joe, say it ain't so. How in the wide, wide world did an outright statement in the article become a "hint" in the headline? Are we taking it easy on our president again? Is it because this exposes Bush to impeachment? Please be honest about this matter. Why mislead your readers in this way? I truly don't understand. We count on you for the truth, not Republican spin.

[blm]

16. Well done. I hope other Columbus DUers do the same.

.

[bobthedrummer]

17. Here is Truth Is All's documented thread about Bush intelligence

machinations. It's just one of our many DU archives making the case against these fascists.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1256201

[BurtWorm]

19. New York Times has treated it as a British story,

a sidebar to the election. Not a word about it on the op-ed or the National sections.

[cosmik debris]

20. I have been watching and waiting

Today Knight Ridder picked up the story but they are the only ones I have found. Every day I google Mathew Rycroft to see if his name shows up in any major publication. (He is the author of the memo) Every day I write my local editor (Waco Tribune Herald A Cox Newspaper) reminding him the he is behind the curve on this one. I suggest the everyone write their local editor and ask why they are so slow to cover the "smoking gun memo"

[peace frog]

21. You must be joking...

... the Orlando Sentinel would fold its tent and silently steal away before printing a story so protentially damaging to Bush family honor. Never forget who's governor in our fair state.

[Hugin]

22. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

No.

and whenever anyone gets a LTTE in we get flamed
from HOUSTON!

Yep, there's a group in HOUSTON who flames
people of differing ideas who get LTTE in New Mexico
newspapers.

Sometimes I think Texas still thinks they own New Mexico.

[laylah]

23. Here in the

Quad-Cities (Davenport, Bettendorf, Iowa and Moline, Rock Island, IL) there was not so much as a hint. :mad:

Jenn

[blm]

25. Email the newsroom the Knight-Ridder story and demand they follow up.

They give us no other choice but to push it on to them so they KNOW we are paying attention and KNOW they are not doing their duty to the citizens of this nation.

[Lugnut]

24. Yeah, right. But...

I just forwarded the Knight-Ridder story to the editor of our local bird cage liner.

[blindpig]

27. nope, nada, nichts

The Spartanburg Herald Journal is a pathetic, wretched piece of garbage dedicated to promoting reaction in all of it's myriad forms. A complete waste of dirty rags and diseased pulpwood. It is low end Faux News. The editorial pronouncements are so drearily predictable as to not even effect my blood pressure any more. I have ceased LTTE's to them, they demand mega fact checking from me, while printing any kind of deranged bile that might occur to the fevered minds of our more degenerate citizens.

It is a New York Times affiliate, Bill O'Rielly, you asshole!