Media failed to find facts behind Bush's service record

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | February 11, 2004 | Thomas Lipscomb

[Hon]

"It is more than a lie, it is the deliberate effort to assassinate the character of the president."

Of course I agree. The story was begat by Walter V. "Mad Dog" Robinon of the Boston Globe, who was found by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts to have LIBELLED a Republican candidate for governor--when he made up stories about his military (and other) records.

Reporter Who Made Up AWOL Story Has History Of Libeling GOP Candidates

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1074224/posts

[Wheee The People]

The media had Bush's so called AWOL all over the front page. Carryin' the water for the Democrats. As the story unfolds that there is nothing to the charge, if it's reported at all, it's buried on page B 16.

[Hon]

"And think about the fact that Kerry comes home and talks graphicaly about atrocities he's been aware of. If he was an officer over there wouldn't he have had responsibility to stop the criminal acts or to report them? And couldn't he have been held responsible for some acts under his command?"

John Kerry Is A Self-Admitted War Criminal

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1074482/posts

[petitfour]

JFKJr (John John as opposed to JFKerry) was dead as of 2000, wasn't he?

[Hon]

"The media had Bush's so called AWOL all over the front page. Carryin' the water for the Democrats. As the story unfolds that there is nothing to the charge, if it's reported at all, it's buried on page B 16."

And the story was effectly killed back in October 2000, by George Magazine.

[soozla]

GOOD ONE!!! Filed for future reference!!!!

[MizSterious]

"The media lies" bump!

[Conspiracy Guy]

I also heard through the same source that Kerry spent 3 days in the brig for propositioning a fellow male soldier.

I can't believe that my friend's friend would lie about it.

Wait the dems would like that one. I heard that Kerry voted for Nixon, twice! That ought to set them off.

CG

[JimSEA]

The most startling aspect of this story is that the press has continually treated this affair as a political debate rather than a matter of fact.

If Bush loses, the press will be able to congratulate themselves. Their distortions, lies (as on this issue), failure to cover (Iraq and Afghanistan), and fabrications (Kerry's record), may well convince the short attention spaned among us to vote Democrat. 1992 was this way to large degree.

[cwb]

Yeah...which makes this story even worse since this investigation (George Magazine) that cleared Bush took place "before" the 2000 election. If the media did even a little research, they could've seen that one of their own had acquited Bush of the charges...but they didn't want to.

[Hon]

Yes, JFK, Jr. died in July 1999.

[Redbob]

Liberal media fail to find the truth about Geo. Bush.

Surprise, surprise...

[international american]

Kerry DID worship farm animals, and practised voodoo with Hanoi Jane:)

[ambrose]

Bump.

[katana]

As usual. It's amazing how difficult it can be to "discover" facts that you really don't want to find.

[Mannaggia l'America]

As if they bothered to look.

If it wasn't on their morning DNC talking points fax, then they won't report it.

[ambrose]

Yes, JFK, Jr. died in July 1999.

Before he could run for the US Senate in 2000... nope, that job was to be Hillary's...

[Hon]

"As usual. It's amazing how difficult it can be to "discover" facts that you really don't want to find."

As I've noted elsewhere, Turnipseed told me that he has been called any number of times by reporters over the last four years--especially in the last couple of weeks.

He said (in effect) that once they realized that he wouldn't say what they wanted him to say, they lost interest. The most they would report is that he was now "recanting" or "appearing to backpedal."

[MattMa]

You mean this story?
The Real Military Record of George W. Bush: Not Heroic, but Not AWOL, Either (George Mag Archive)
George Magazine ^ | October 10, 2000 | By Peter Keating and Karthik Thyagarajan

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1071037/posts

[Conspiracy Guy]

I wasn't going to bring that up. But it is true as far as my research goes.

CG