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Loren Pechtel · 04-07-2003, 12:32 PM

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Originally posted by peacenik
This time they lied about the marines finding chemicals weapons in an abandoned facility. It turns out that the chemicals found were actually insecticide, and the facility was previously an insecticide plant that was shut down after the First Gulf War. After reporting this and making a huge deal about it, they made a very breif retraction.

Fair and Balenced my ass!!!

Lied or merely a mistake by those on-scene? Insecticde is quite similar to certain chemical weapons.

sir drinks-a-lot · 04-07-2003, 12:37 PM

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Originally posted by Loren Pechtel
Lied or merely a mistake by those on-scene?

It isn't a lie unless they said they were certain when they gave the first report.

I am still waiting for peacenik to post the link.

Mageth · 04-07-2003, 12:41 PM

Faux News, ugh.

I watched Fox for a bit last night (they were showing some exclusive scenes of the fighting in and around Baghdad). They were interviewing some Cavalry officers on Saddam's Palace's front porch. The soldiers held up a batallion flag, but commented that they were not raising this or the American flag on the Palace or anywhere else on Iraqi buildings, for obvious reasons.

Five minutes later, what banner was the Fox news channel prominently displaying on the screen?

"AMERICAN FLAG RAISED OVER PRESIDENTIAL PALACE."

They were still displaying this banner a couple of hours later. Don't know if they ever took it down or recanted it; I doubt it.

MortalWombat · 04-07-2003, 01:15 PM

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Originally posted by peacenik
This time they lied about the marines finding chemicals weapons in an abandoned facility. It turns out that the chemicals found were actually insecticide, and the facility was previously an insecticide plant that was shut down after the First Gulf War.

Is this what you are referring to?

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04-07-2003, 12:41 PM	#13
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	Faux News, ugh. I watched Fox for a bit last night (they were showing some exclusive scenes of the fighting in and around Baghdad). They were interviewing some Cavalry officers on Saddam's Palace's front porch. The soldiers held up a batallion flag, but commented that they were not raising this or the American flag on the Palace or anywhere else on Iraqi buildings, for obvious reasons. Five minutes later, what banner was the Fox news channel prominently displaying on the screen? "AMERICAN FLAG RAISED OVER PRESIDENTIAL PALACE." They were still displaying this banner a couple of hours later. Don't know if they ever took it down or recanted it; I doubt it.

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