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AP Keeps Bush in (Fact) Check

Posted on Sep 15, 2007

File this one under “Good Uses of Journalistic Resources”: The Associated Press marshaled its fact-checking talents and expertise to dissect President Bush’s speech on Thursday, issuing corrections to some of Bush’s claims in this handy point-by-point analysis.

h/t to Truthdig commenter “Jimmy.”

AP via Editor & Publisher:

BUSH SAID:

“Anbar province is a good example of how our strategy is working,” Bush said, noting that just last year U.S. intelligence analysts had written off the Sunni area as “lost to al-Qaida.”

FACT CHECK:

Early Thursday, the most prominent figure in a U.S.-backed revolt of Sunni sheiks against al-Qaida in Iraq was killed by a bomb planted near his home.

The killing of a chief Anbar ally hours before Bush spoke showed the tenuous and changeable nature of success in Anbar and Iraq at large.

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By thomas billis, September 16, 2007 at 5:28 pm #
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Now they are doing fact checks.In the run up to war the silence was deafening.I am sure the families of the 4000 Americans dead really appreciate the diligence of AP.If it was possible to put the media on trial for negligence I would love to be the prosecutor.Nuremburg part deux complicity in killing 4000 americans and untold numbers of Iraqi’s.

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By Greg Bacon, September 16, 2007 at 7:46 am #

But, but, but, this contradicts what my beloved FOX News has been saying??

i know FOX wouldn’t lie to me, right?

Who to believe?

“Mommy, my brain is starting to think and it hurts. Make it stop! Make it stop!”

Ahhh, FOX is now running a special on Britney Spears, now i can relax and return to my vegetative mode. ahhhhhh…

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By purplewolf, September 16, 2007 at 1:26 am #

You mean that Bu$h is actually going to let the real facts get in his way. Whatever will he do if the truth comes out and his little lying vendetta for daddy/oil theft schemes are exposed to everyone? What would Der Karl do?

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By FrostedFlakes, September 15, 2007 at 5:25 pm #
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It"s about time someone started disputing the misinformation of this administration and Congress.

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By Enemy of State, September 15, 2007 at 5:13 pm #

Does this mean that the efforts of the blogosphere to bring some journalistic standards (like fact checking instead of simply echoing talking points) is starting to have some effect?

I sure hope so, the loss on journalistic integrity was a significant factor in bringing us to our current sorry state.

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