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To: unclewest who wrote (6707)10/22/2001 8:47:27 AM
From: Condor  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
Thank you.. interesting it was.
FYI, I see that a retraction did follow.
Unfortunately, retractions are cheap. The perpetrator has still won by enjoying the initial sensationalism as it translates into viewers/readers.

CNN retracts Tailwind
coverage

July 2, 1998
Web posted at: 4:01 p.m. EDT (2001 GMT)

Also in this story:

Text of CNN's statement

(CNN) -- Cable News Network on
Thursday retracted its story that the
U.S. military used nerve gas in a
mission to kill American defectors in
Laos during the Vietnam War.

The story was broadcast June 7 on the CNN program NewsStand. CNN
Interactive also carried the report.

The Pentagon said it was pleased by the 54-page CNN retraction.

www4.cnn.com

Regards
C