NBC and MSNBC pull a "Dan Rather"

[anatta]

Then there is this...Sure sounds like a "suggestion"...from msbc.msn.com

...Cheney snapped at Edwards, "The senator has got his facts wrong. I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11." But in numerous interviews, Cheney has skated close to the line in ways that may have certainly left that impression on viewers, usually when he cited the possibility that Mohamed Atta, one of the hijackers on Sept. 11, 2001, met with an Iraqi official — even after that theory was largely discredited

On Dec. 9, 2001, Cheney said on NBC's "Meet The Press" that "it's been pretty well confirmed that [Atta] did go to Prague and he did meet with a senior official of the Iraqi intelligence service in Czechoslovakia last April, several months before the attack." On March 24, 2002, Cheney again told NBC, "We discovered ... the allegation that one of the lead hijackers, Mohamed Atta, had, in fact, met with Iraqi intelligence in Prague."

On Sept. 8, 2002, Cheney, again on "Meet the Press," said that Atta "did apparently travel to Prague. ... We have reporting that places him in Prague with a senior Iraqi intelligence officer a few months before the attacks on the World Trade Center." And a year ago, also on "Meet the Press," Cheney described Iraq as part of "the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault for many years, but most especially on 9/11

[caretaker1]

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But in numerous interviews, Cheney has skated close to the line in ways that may have certainly left that impression on viewers

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Good point. I suppose the issue then is to what extent should Cheney be held accountable for this, compared to if he had in fact directly stated it. I'm not sure there's an easy answer.

[anatta]

"good point"

I should have bolded the quote and provided a link, I didn't write the above, it was from MSNBC.com. I am having trouble with my computer:

1. I cannot see the link on top with the web site address.
2. I get a about: blank screen which freeze Explorer.
3. I can't link to other web pages without this error.

Sorry for the confusion.