Saturday, February 25, 2006

more "liberal media" port-sale lies

NBC's Gregory uncritically reported White House claim of Dubai company's "extra security concessions"
Summary: NBC's David Gregory reported that the Bush administration "extracted extra security concessions from Dubai Ports World [DPW] as a condition for the $7 billion contract" through which the company would assume control of six major U.S. seaports. Gregory did not mention that these "extra security concessions" appear to be little more than pledges to comply with U.S. law, nor did he report that the administration exempted DPW from other obligations typically required by the United States.

(Media Matters)
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I think that these "reporters" should be made to read a disclaiming saying something to the effect of "I'm now simply reading the current White House talking points - take this with a grain of salt".