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Thread #63610   Message #1048452
Posted By: Amos
05-Nov-03 - 11:09 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bush Distortions
Subject: RE: BS: Bush Distortions
From Slate's "Today's Papers" email distribution:

The NYT's Nicholas Kristof complains that the Bush administration doesn't so much lie as fools itself. That's probably true. But Kristof's own column has what seems to be an example to the contrary: Vice President Cheney recently cited a Zogby poll as evidence that there's "very positive news" in Iraq. Meanwhile, the poll's author, John Zogby told Kristof, "I was floored to see the spin that was put on it; some of the numbers were not my numbers at all. I am not willing to say they lied. But they used a very tight process of selective screening, and when they didn't get what they wanted they were willing to manufacture some results."