Correction: Bush-Guard-Reax Story

Bellsouth.net ^ | 09/17/2004 | Associated Press

[pitinkie]

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - In a Sept. 11 story about military retirees' reaction to new documents concerning President Bush's National Guard service, The Associated Press incorrectly identified Ahmad Majied of Albany as a former Navy SEAL. Majied assisted SEAL teams while he was in the Navy, but never was trained as a SEAL. "I should have been more specific," he said Friday.

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[aynrandfreak]

Score one more for Freerepublic!

[Straight Vermonter]

Didn't the "sailor" in question and AP defend this story?

[Southack]

The AWB Has Expired - Gun Owners Have Won Again For All Americans!

[ambrose]

ping!

[Hank All-American]

"I was not an athlete, I was an athletic supporter. I should have been more specific."

[Dog]

Travis you nailed this one....

[Hank All-American]

Damn, that was an a ss-kicking I was looking forward to.

[MEG33]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1214904/posts

AP stands by its story about anti-Bush SEAL (Freeper Travis McGee mentioned)
WorldNetDaily ^ | 9/13/04

Well well....

[aynrandfreak]

I hope you're not suggesting that a Muslim convert would possibly lie

[narby]

Majied assisted SEAL teams while he was in the Navy

Probably packed their parachutes. Polished their shoes.

[atomicpossum]

NAILED!

[Glenn]

Batter up!

[eggman]

FreeRepublic once again becomes the fact-checker for the MSM. Time they started paying for the services.

[dighton]

Tip o' the hat.

[Soul Seeker]

Another story corrected?

So Freepers nailed AP on the "Boo's". They nailed Rather/CBS on forged documents. And they nailed AP again on the SEAL claims.

New Media-3 / Old Media-0

[NavySEAL F-16]

Yes, it was a World Net Daily story.

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40427

[eggman]

LOL! Good one.

[Dog]

fyi...

[wildbill]

Yes they did defend the story. The writer was pretty snippy about it as I recall. Another one of those MSM snobs.

Score another win for the pjamahadeen!

[Dog]

Who wrote that World Net Daily article?

[Bob]

Sending a link to AuthentiSEAL would seem to be a most appropriate course of action.

Good call, TMcG. Bravo Zulu.

[dighton]

AP Uses Fake SEAL to Back Kerry, Slam Bush

[68skylark]

Very good!

[Right Wing Professor]

"I should have been more specific," he said Friday.

" I was a SEAL. Well, to be more specific, I was not a SEAL."

[LisaS]

I really love you guys! Thanks for all you do.

[stockpirate]

Yes they did. They came out and "Rathered it". That is to say they stood by the story as correct as written.

[tuesday afternoon]

Took 'em a while.

[NavySEAL F-16]

WND went after the AP story. World Net tried to get a correction from AP. The story on WND is pretty interesting, considering that AP has now had to retract.

[68skylark]

Has anyone found out what this guy's name was before he changed it? Do we know if he was ever in the Navy?

[NavySEAL F-16]

Already done!

[pillbox_girl]

"I should have been more specific," he said Friday.

Journalistic weasel words.

He should have been more honest.

And now that one of his claims has been vetted and found wanting, will the "journalist" who spread this deception also call into question everything else this liar said?

[NavySEAL F-16]

Yes, his real name became known, and he was not listed on the official NAVY roster as a SEAL. That's how it was completely verified.

[NavySEAL F-16]

I have seen no verification either way about his being retired Navy, but his real name is known.

[68skylark]

Great post. Here's what the AP reporter originally said when told that Majied wasn't a SEAL:

In an interview with WorldNetDaily, however, Minor says he has no reason to disbelieve Majied's story.

"I really trust this guy," he said. "I believe he's a real straight shooter."

Minor says Majied didn't give him his previous name, "and I didn't press the matter."

The vet has received "nasty calls" since the issue has been publiclized, Minor says, adding, "This is a very peaceful guy. … There's a peace about his voice."

Minor says Majied homeschools his seven children. "These are really upstanding people," he told WND.

[5by5]

At some point didn't AP say that the reason Majied didn't show up as a SEAL was that he was previously known by another name and he changed it when he converted to Islam?

The retraction makes it sound like an inadvertant mistake whereas AP actually attempted to justify this guy's credentials and impugn Travis McGee.

[Mo1]

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[A Navy Vet]

"Majied assisted SEAL teams while he was in the Navy, but never was trained as a SEAL. "I should have been more specific," he said Friday."

Well, that's funny, he told elfman in a phone conversation that he attended SEAL school...haha, as if there's such a thing called SEAL school.

[Bahbah]

"FreeRepublic once again becomes the fact-checker for the MSM>"

LOL, maybe they should just start by emailing their stories here first.

[A Navy Vet]

ping

[ScreamingFist]

Another name on the Seals "Wall of Shame".

[Rutles4Ever]

The MSM is simply amoral. We'll be correcting their shoddy work until they turn out the lights.

[ScreamingFist]

We will not add a name to our Wall of Shame based on information you received from another site, you must submit the information directly to us. Our rules for adding a name to the wall are pretty specific, however all that is required to submit a name for review is that you have knowledge that a man is claiming to be a SEAL.

Travis, I believe this honor belongs to you.

[mdittmar]

BUMP

[Bob]

Already done!

Thanks. Military fakes of any type are a major irritant to me.

I met a self-proclaimed Gulf War veteran a while back at a local bar. He claimed to have been a Lance Corporal in the army. I quietly called him on it and haven't seen him back in that bar since. Nobody else in the bar had picked up on his obvious lie.

[pitinkie]

Yes at first they did til others started digging around for the truth!

[pitinkie]

It depends on what the meaning of "Seal" is...

[Travis McGee]

HAHAHAHAHA! LOL! "Worked with the SEALs...."

Yeah, right. What was he, a cook on a ship SEALs were on once for a week?

[Travis McGee]

"I should have been more specific," he said Friday.

He WAS specific. He said he retired after 30 years in the Navy, and that he spent five (5) years in Viet Nam as a SEAL.

They were all very specific lies.

[Stentor]

Yeah, right. What was he, a cook on a ship SEALs were on once for a week?

Great catch. You've caused a disturbance in the Matrix.