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Stories from 2004-04-14

Bush Makes Three Mistakes While Trying to Cite One

STAFF | Reuters | April 14, 2004

"The White House said the accurate figure for the Libyan mustard gas was 23.6 metric tons, or 26 short tons, not 50 tons. Moreover, the substance was found at different locations across Libya, not at a turkey farm. And observers did not find mustard gas on the farm at all, but rather unfilled chemical munitions, the White House acknowledged." [more]

Iraqi 'Beaten to Death' by US Troops

STAFF | Agence France-Presse | April 14, 2004

"An Iraqi has died of his wounds after US troops beat him with truncheons because he refused to remove a picture of wanted Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr from his car, police said today." [more]

Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Media: Anatomy of a Failure

Susan Moeller | Yale Global | April 14, 2004

"Media reporting on the President's remarks amplified the administration's voice: When Bush stated that Americans were vulnerable to WMD in the hands of terrorists, the media effectively magnified those fears by prioritizing that news. Front-page and top-of-the-news stories led with the President's analysis. Where alternative perspectives were presented in the coverage, they tended to be buried. The net effect was both to disseminate as well as to validate the administration's message." [more]

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