Did we go to war in Iraq under false pretenses? It certainly is a legitimate question, however, there's a few problems:
A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The study concluded that the statements "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses."
The study was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Center for Public Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in Journalism.
That statement implies that this was done by someone without bias, someone who'll look at things objectively. However, the "Center for Public Integrity" simply isn't. They are funded by George Soros, the rabid anti-Bush critic.
And Bevis Longstreth, no I'm not making up the name, is on the board of directors for both the "Center for Public Integrity" and the "Fund for Independence in Journalism".
So you simply cannot imply that you're a non biased organization when you're funded by one of the most outspoken critic of the President and the war in Iraq.
Does that make their conclusions false? Not necessarily, but it does question the validity of their statements that the President made 935 KNOWINGLY FALSE statements about Iraq. There's being wrong, and there's lying. There is a massive difference and I don't know if this group knows it.
And MSNBC should know better then to not publicly acknowledge these facts. A simple Google search turned up these facts in less than a few minutes of research. MSNBC should have better reporters then this.
Travis
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