As long as we're on the topic of media deception, the QandO blog observes a hatchet job by the Associated Press regarding statements made by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to the American Legion. The author writes:
I'm not sure why I felt compelled to compare the speech with the story, but for some reason the story just didn't sound right. And, as you can see, it wasn't. "Infer" does not mean the same as "accuse" especially when the inference wasn't really at all evident. When you say someone accuses another, it means something to most of us. I defy anyone to find an accusation within that speech which fits the descriptions found in Mr. Burns' article.
UPDATE: CNN repeats the story unedited and obviously, unchecked. Forbes as well. Ditto for ABC and Fox. And you wonder how myths and memes get started?
HT to Instapundit.
UPDATE: Glenn Reynolds also writes on fake news in "FX May Soon Be Short for Faux."
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