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That lie came from Colin Powell and the Bush administration, it wasn't manufactured by the media itself.
by slothtrop 5y ago
That lie came from Colin Powell and the Bush administration, it wasn't manufactured by the media itself.
- ceilingcorner 5y agoThe parent comment was about vetting information. Clearly the media didn’t do that WRT the WMDs.
- slothtrop 5y agoIt was as "vetted" as could be at the time. They just reported the government's messaging. And when that turned out to be a lie, they reported this as well.