[leprechaun9]

While discussing this op-ed piece, RUSH asked what CBS agreed to in order for Dan Blather to get the interview with SADDAM! This effort by our President is starting to produce some unexpected results - THE LIBERAL MEDIA DOING A MEA CULPA!

[Cicero]

"THE LIBERAL MEDIA DOING A MEA CULPA!"

That's not how I read it. Ask yourself. Why would this turkey make such an open admission in the New York Times? The obvious answer is that CNN wants access in Iraq in the future, and therefore needs to butter up the new government when they come into office The first step in that direction is to say that they never really liked Saddam all that much, but they stayed in Iraq in order to do as much good as possible (gag).

This way he gets all the bad news out right away and can use the next year or two to get into the good graces of the Iraqis--he hopes. Watch Howell Raines start to butter up the Iraqis too. He wants access for his reporters, and needs to undo any bad will caused by the Times's negative twist on the war.