Today’s must read: Myths of Iraq
Retired U.S. Army officer Ralph Peters has a must read article up today at Real Clear Politics which addresses the various claims made by, ahem, the usual suspects regarding the state of Iraq. Here’s a preview:
Hooded Iraqi detainee – did the NYT get duped?
This past weekend, the NYT ran an interview with a man who claimed to be the hooded person standing atop the box in the series of Abu Ghraib photos that first caught the nation’s attention last year. The AP is reporting today that there are questions coming out as to whether or not this man is who he says he is:
Former WaPo exec. editor Ben Bradlee: Woodward’s source may be Armitage
The speculation over the ‘leaker’ of Valerie Plame’s name continues, this time with former Washington Post executive editor Bill Bradlee saying it’s a “fair assumption” that former deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage was Bob Woodward’s source on Valerie Plame:
On the lighter side of things …
Imagine coming home from work, settling in for the night, and going to get a cup of water – but when you turn on your faucet, it’s not water pouring out of it … but something else:
Irresponsible journalism
Townhall columnist W. Thomas Smith, Jr. has written a must-read piece that asks if wartime reporting from the MSM has been responsible or irresponsible: