June 24, 2003
The media lies, too.
I don't have much time tonight, between repairing computers and searching for a job, but I want to express my outrage at yet another set of lies. Amp at Alas, a blog tells us about "The Screwing of Cynthia McKinney." McKinney was widely quoted as saying that " President Bush might have known about the September 11 attacks but did nothing so his supporters could make money in a war." This quote cost her reelection to the House. The only problem is that she never actually said that, according to this Alternet story by Greg Palast. It appears that someone just made the statement up and the New York Times, among others, just ran it, without checking. And, of course, when faced with the fact that McKinney didn't actually say that, they have yet to publish a retraction or an apology.
So McKinney loses her seat in the House because of a lie, published because the so-called "liberal" media were too lazy or incompetent to check their facts first. What does the Congressional Record report her as saying?
George Bush had no prior knowledge of the plan to attack the World Trade Center on September 11.
Some "liberal media."
Argh.