[Mind-numbed Robot]

On CNBC some clown was saying that the administration said this war would be short and, yet, it is not over, despite the fact that Bush, Rimsfield, Powell, et al., have all said it would take a long time. The press puts words in Bush's mouth and then they say he was wrong about something they said, not him. Nothing has changed.

[alnick]

On CNBC some clown was saying that the administration said this war would be short and, yet, it is not over, despite the fact that Bush, Rimsfield, Powell, et al., have all said it would take a long time. The press puts words in Bush's mouth and then they say he was wrong about something they said, not him. Nothing has changed.

You're exactly right. What the media seems to be doing is reporting speculation as fact, and then when they're speculation turns out to be incorrect, they claim that they were lied to.

They need to get back to reporting just the facts, but the competitive nature of the media is just too much for them. They cannot behave responsibly because their competitor might break a story before they do.