Discredited Gary Sick Cited by MSM as Expert on Iran Nuke 'Deal'

Would you want to cite someone who has been thoroughly discredited in the very field he is supposed to be an expert in? Well, that is exactly what several news organizations did yesterday including Charlie Rose on PBS, the New York Times, and Bloomberg when they cited Gary Sick as an expert on Iran in stories about the nuke "deal" which was actually more of an agreement on the framework to discuss the...well, you get it. It really wasn't an actual deal but Gary Sick was chirping away like it was some sort of positive development.. Of course none of the news organizations gave a hint that Sick is the author of completely discredited 1992 October Surprise book which claimed that the 1980 Ronald Reagan campaign conspired with the Iranian government to delay the release of the American hostages captured in 1979.

Both independent and House and Senate investigations have thoroughly discredited Gary Sick. What makes it particularly bizarre for the New York Times to cite Gary Sick is the fact that it reported in 1993 the results of a congressional inquiry headed by Democrat Lee Hamilton which clearly demonstrates that Sick's premise was completely false:

Well, the media would probably have no problem in still referring to the discredited book “Arming America” by Michael Bellesiles when discussing a subject like gun control. Plus, they would refer to other authors like Kellerman and David Hemenway, even though their findings were easily taken apart by ones like John Lott and Gary Kleck. Anything to help the progressive cause so to speak.

What makes it particularly bizarre for the New York Times to cite Gary Sick is the fact that it reported in 1993 the results of a congressional inquiry headed by Democrat Lee Hamilton which clearly demonstrates that Sick's premise was completely false...

Not really, that's standard operating procedure for the Partisan Media Shills of the New York Slimes.

“He is Obama’s kind of guy!!” AAA & PPP

Triple A rated ...AAA = Afirmative Action Anus

PPP rated..........PPP = Peter Principle Personage

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