SCHEER TROPE COLLECTS ANOTHER VICTIM: As Spinsanity has documented, errors such as the myth that Ken Lay slept in the Lincoln bedroom during the Clinton administration often refuse to die, because they are picked up by others even long after being debunked. Another moldy story is the Taliban aid myth created by Robert Scheer. The latest victim was Kevin Drum at The Washington Monthly, who referred to "Bush's conciliatory attitude toward the Taliban during his first few months in office", citing Mr. Scheer's three-year-old article. To his great credit, Mr. Drum then corrected the record:
UPDATE: My critics are right. The "conciliatory attitude" crack about the Taliban was a cheap shot. The money Scheer is talking about in the linked article was humanitarian aid delivered through the UN.
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Cohen Washington Post |
The Buck Doesn't Stop 6 April 2004 |
935 | 80 | 3D+,1R+,18R-,3R= What happened: Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush administration In his: Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld But from: the president, administration, Dick Cheney, John Kerry, vice president, Cheney In his: Rumsfeld That is: Bush administration, administration, Rumsfeld, Bushies, Clinton, Clinton Instead, the: Bush, Reagan That quality: Rumsfeld, Bush administration, Bush What is: administration, Colin Powell |
| Robert Scheer Creators Syndicate |
The beginning of the end 6 April 2004 |
784 | 75 | 2D+,1R+,5R- 04.06.04 -: Bush administration To its: George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, President Bush, Bill Clinton Yet, under: administration And even: Bush Instead, his: administration |
| Paul Krugman New York Times |
The Mercury Scandal 6 April 2004 |
825 | 75 | 9R-,3R= If you: Bush administration A few: Bush administration Sulfur dioxide: administration The answer: Bush administration, Republican, administration, administration Mercury is: administration A Yawngate: administration, Bush, White House, administration |
| David Brooks New York Times |
Fly the Partisan Skies 6 April 2004 |
840 | 67 | 4D-,1R+,1R- The way: Karl Rove The experience: George Soros In addition,: Democrats, Kerry, Dean Right Wing: George Bush |
| Thomas Oliphant Boston Globe |
Blatant Bush tilt toward big oil 6 April 2004 |
1045 | 60 | 5D+,4D=,4R+,17R- Blatant Bush: Bush On this: President Bush, administration In a: Bush, administration For the: Vice President Dick Cheney And in: Bush, John Kerry, Bush, Kerry, The president Here's what: Bush, Bush, Kerry As for: Republican, Democratic But not: President Bush, Spencer Abraham, administration, White House, Bush No one,: John Kerry, Bush The politics: Democrats, Kerry, Republican, John McCain Kerry doesn't: Kerry It is: Kerry, McCain |
| Molly Ivins Creators Syndicate |
Iraq: it's a crowd pleaser 6 April 2004 |
830 | 57 | 1D=,1R+,5R- The Bush: Bush administration The "we: administration I like: Bushies Then there's: Aiken, President Bush I suspect: George W. Bush If I: John Kerry |
| Brendan Miniter WSJ OpinionJournal |
Rice's Best Defense 6 April 2004 |
1059 | 52 | 4D-,3D=,8R+,1R-,5R= Rice's Best: Rice This week: Condoleezza Rice, Rice 1. Commission: Thomas Kean, Lee Hamilton, Clinton, Attorney General John Ashcroft, President Bush, Attorney General Janet Reno, Bill Clinton 2. How: Rice, Bush administration This second: Rice, Bush administration Take missile: Ronald Reagan, Clinton administration All of: President Bush, administration John Kerry: John Kerry, Kerry Sept. 11: Bush administration |
| NYT Lead Editorial New York Times |
Obsessing About the Calendar 6 April 2004 |
707 | 50 | 1R+,4R-,1R= President Bush: President Bush, Bush So far,: administration Allowing the: Bush, the president, Richard Lugar |
| OJ On the Editorial Page WSJ OpinionJournal |
Crunch Time in Baghdad 6 April 2004 |
1190 | 8 | 1D-,2R+,2R-,8R= Bush must: Bush The next: President Bush Marines were: Bush Americans will: Bush Partly this: Richard Lugar, Joe Biden Yesterday, Mr.: Bush With elections: Bush Administration While we're: Bush, Paul Wolfowitz, Rudy Giuliani We trust: Bush, Bush |
| E. J. Dionne Jr. Washington Post |
'God Bless Atheism' 6 April 2004 |
799 | 0 | |
| David Ignatius Inactive |
The CIA's Dissidents 6 April 2004 |
860 | |
|
| Thomas Sowell Creators Syndicate |
Fixing the jury system 6 April 2004 |
808 | 0 | |
| WP Lead Editorial Washington Post |
A Necessary Fight 6 April 2004 |
527 | 0 |