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Originally posted by mo: They didn't have to do anything -- you're right. That's why they don't have to write what the administration tells them to. The U.S. administration may have made a deliberate policy decision to cast doubt on Saddam's current existence, but it's quite a stretch to say that CNN simply follows the administration's dictates. Since this story ran, I have seen several people interviewed on CNN who say they believe that WAS Saddam. Did the administration tell them to do that, too? |
I didn't mean to imply that the news media blindly followed the administration's diktat, but the fact is that if every government/ armed forces spokesman that is interviewed says 'or a man that looked like him', then it is an easy habit for everyone else to fall into.