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THE TIMES, THEY ARE INVESTIGATIN'

First Jayson Blair. Then Rick Bragg (who's gotten a bit of a bum deal imo, though like many others my sympathies run pretty shallow). Now Maureen Dowd? Apparently her willfull distortion of President Bush's "they're not a problem anymore" quote has caught the eye of Times' fact-combers.

Dowd's not alone in this caper: Lots of Dem spinmeisters and apologists used the same trick--Eric Alterman, for one. They all should take a hit in the credibility, and career, for this one.

(thanks to Times Watch, which seems to have beaten everyone to the punch on this story)
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Posted by B. Preston on May 28, 2003 10:40 AM
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Interesting that in today’s column, Dowd reiterates the quote, but this time includes the whole thing. I guess this is as close as she’s getting to a correction.

Yeah, a I and a few others have noticed that too. In fact, that quote is the only thing in her column that actually makes any sense. What’s with all the Elvis and Aquarius references? Doesn’t the Times vet columns for non sequiturs and meaningless gasbaggery anymore?

Posted by Bryan on May 28, 2003 2:10 PM

If it has Dowd’s name on it, they expect meaningless gasbaggery. It’s what she’s paid for, after all.

Dowd’s use of the quote this week is her trying to say it doesn’t matter that she misquoted Bush. Appalling.

Then she goes on to again misrepresent the great success we’ve had against al Qaeda.

Posted by Chris R. on May 28, 2003 4:03 PM
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