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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....

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To: Sully- who wrote (6843)12/27/2004 5:11:20 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
Misinformation at the Times

The New York Times' web site says that today's most emailed article was Tom Friedman's column titled Sunday News Quiz. Friedman writes:

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I'll give you 10 news stories from the past few weeks and you tell me what they all have in common.
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Friedman than recapitulates, in a sentence or two, ten recent news stories, all of which are intended to reflect badly on the Bush administration; the general theme--reminiscent of leftism of the 60s and 70s--is that there is plenty of money for defense, while social programs are being cut. Friedman concludes:

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So what is the common denominator of all these news stories? Wait, wait, don't tell me. I want to tell you. The common denominator is a country with a totally contradictory and messed-up set of priorities.
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There is a fundamental problem, however, with Friedman's attempt to show that our national priorities are wrong. The news stories he cites are largely either false, or mischaracterized by him. Let's take them one at a time.....

Click on the link to see the charts, etc for this great
fisking of the liar Friedman & his employer the anti-Bush,
anti-American & ultra-liberal NYT.....

powerlineblog.com
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