Democrats.com offers $1,000 to any reporter who asks followup DSM question

[magellan]

"WHITE HOUSE MEMO" CONTRADICTS STATEMENTS FROM JUNE 2005

The new "White House Memo" records a meeting between Bush and Blair at the White House on January 31, 2003, in which Bush told Blair:

"The US would put its full weight behind efforts to get another resolution and would 'twist arms' and 'even threaten'. But he had to say that if ultimately we failed, military action would follow anyway."

(snip)

Moreover, the "White House Memo" shows Bush and Blair were focused on manufacturing a justification for war, not on avoiding it. Bush was so desperate for war that he even tried to provoke Saddam to attack a fraudulent "U.N." plane.

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NEW $1,000 REWARD OFFERED

Based on Bush's previous lie, Democrats.com is now offering $1,000 to any reporter who will directly ask Bush this question:

"How can you claim you were trying to avoid war through the UN, when you told Prime Minister Blair on Jan. 31, 2003, that if you failed to get a resolution from the UN authorizing war, 'military action would follow anyway' - including a scheme to paint a U.S. spy plane in U.N. colors to provoke an Iraqi attack on the U.N. itself?

Easy way for someone to make some cash! More at American Chronicle

[yurbud]

1. Can we contribute money? We should start a question bounty page

[caledesi]

2. I am game. Good idea! nt

[magellan]

3. Just looked, they took up a collection to make the $1000

I'm not sure they're still collecting. Here's the link to the page with more info at Democrats.com: http://www.democrats.com/bush-question1

Cool idea, they also have a link to email members of the WH Press Corp to make them aware of the reward.

[Nightjock]

4. What a sad country we have become

When the media has to be bribed to do thier job and seek out the truth.

Except Helen!

[SlipperySlope]

5. This makes me sick...

Is this a good precedent to set? Do we want reporters to just start asking questions posed by the highest bidder?

Foo!

[EFerrari]

6. Don't they already? But, I know what you mean. n/t

[magellan]

7. I agree with you and Nightjock

It's a sad, sad day when the consumer has to bribe the media to do its job. But that's fixable. We have to get the criminals out of the WH first, and if it takes a bribe to get someone to ask a question that brings that fine moment one day closer, so be it!

[TomInTib]

8. Uh, isn't that already happening?

Not even the highest bidder, necessarily.

Most of those so-called "journalists" are common streetwalkers.

[land of the free]

9. Agreed - not a good idea.

For any political group to pay reporters to ask questions means you're getting PR, not real news.

I know that it happens all the time, and that B*** has even used government funds to pay off so-called journalists to be his PR mouthpieces. That, however doesn't make it justifyable for the opposition to pay reporters to do their jobs. Pay for PR people, and work on getting their message out as much as possible, but don't taint the media any more than it is already.

By the way, this could easily backfire. Now, any honest journalist may be afraid to ask the question *precisely* because it may look like they're getting paid off to do it. Any ethical journalist wouldn't want to risk their credibility.