Hear No Evil, Read No Evil, Speak Drivel
GUARDIAN/UK
by Sidney Blumenthal
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0415-05.htm

On April 21 1961, President Kennedy held a press conference to answer questions on the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion by Cuban exiles that he had approved. "There's an old saying," he said, "that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan ... I am the responsible officer of the government and that is quite obvious."

On Wednesday, President Bush held only his third press conference and was asked three times whether he accepted responsibility for failing to act on warning before September 11. "I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn't [sic] yet," he said. "I just haven't - you just put me under the spot here and maybe I'm not quick - as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one."

[Duchess comment on above two presidents ... Kennedy always came across as an intelligent, responible, sophisticated man. Which he was and a wonderful Democrat too. Then there is Shrub the Lesser ... who always comes across as uncultured, uncouth, irresponsible, spoiled and is a stupid ass.]

"Fear Has Covered this Country"
THE WORLD
by Daniel Schreiber
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2004/04/14/news/news01.txt

A Sanctuary For Dissent
ALTERNET
by Amy & David Goodman
http://alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18429

The following is excerpted from "The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers and the Media That Love Them" ... for more info visit DEMOCRACY NOW website.

How The "NewsHour" Changed History
COMMONDREAMS
by Norman Solomon
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0415-09.htm

Lehrer's refusal to correct his evident error is especially striking because he had emphasized his incorrect statement on the air by immediately adding: "I just want to get that on the record." (My request to a NewsHour spokesperson for a direct comment from Lehrer did not yield any statement from him.) When I asked whether a decision had been made, one way or the other, about doing a correction on the NewsHour to set the factual record straight, the last piece of stone in the damage-control wall moved into place. I got the message: "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer stands behind the 'Iraq: What Now?' discussion segment from April 7 and will not be making a correction." Journalists should scrutinize U.S. government spin, not contribute to it. Here we have what some people believe to be the nation's most credible news program compounding a factual error by refusing to make a correction. First-rate journalists change history. But not this way.

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