Quote of the day - Associated Press - Sadr City

‘The capital’s [Baghdad's] Sadr City section was once a hotbed of Shiite Muslim unrest, but it has become one of the brightest successes for the US security effort. So far this year, there has been only one car bombing in the neighborhood, and only one American soldier has been killed.’

Associated Press - August 2005 - (as quoted by Mark Steyn)

Sadr City

Quotes of the day - re: Libby indictment

In the end, Fitzgerald accused Libby of lying about his conversations with reporters, not outing a spy.

AP



We have not made any allegation that Libby knowingly/intentionally outed a covert agent.

Patrick Fitzgerald

MSM Lie #43 of 2005 - AP lies in support of Cindy Sheehan

On August 24th, Associated Press misrepresented the Cindy Sheehan story, falsely claiming that Cindy Sheehan became anti-war only after her son was killed and only after reports of faulty pre-war intelligence. In fact, Sheehan was anti-war before her son reenlisted.

AP also added the line that Casey was misled by a recruiter before reenlisting. This line was quietly dropped from subsequent versions of the story.

This behavior is not surprising from an organization that helped terrorists win a Pulitzer Prize.

H/T Powerline.

The full list is found here.

MSM lie # 32 of 2005 - AP's fabricates Tony Blair comments

AP has contributed lie 32 [really # 33(see correction below)] to the list of lies of 2005. Charles Johnson writes the following:

I was preparing a post saying how disappointed I was in Tony Blair, for implying that the London terror attacks were an outgrowth of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Turns out Tony Blair never said this. The Associated Press fabricated it.

AP did post a correction a day later (today), but as with all MSM/DNC corrections, the damage has already been done. I am not inclined to give AP the benefit of the doubt, as they play such a major role on the list. See ## 13, 20, 21 and 31.

And those items do not include AP's false claims of booing at a George Bush rally in 2004 or the AP's role in the Pulitzer Prize being awarded to terrorists.
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Update - July 17, 2005 - it would seem that I have lost track of the MSM lies. This one is LIE # 33. sorry.

But in my own defense, if the media would just stop lying so much, I could keep up with them. Maybe they could limit themselves to one lie per month?