Comments on: VIDEO: Author of Iraq NIE Says He ‘Regrets Having a Role’ In Manipulation of Intelligence http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:55:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Think Progress » Andrew Sullivan Compares Gore on Global Warming to Cheney’s Reckless Claims About WMD http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-657846 Think Progress » Andrew Sullivan Compares Gore on Global Warming to Cheney’s Reckless Claims About WMD Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:21:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-657846 [...] Except Gore’s claims are based on scientific research that has been rigorously peer-reviewed by thousands of scientists. Cheney’s claims were based intelligence he manipulated and cherry-picked to reach a predetermined result. [...] [...] Except Gore’s claims are based on scientific research that has been rigorously peer-reviewed by thousands of scientists. Cheney’s claims were based intelligence he manipulated and cherry-picked to reach a predetermined result. [...]

]]> By: Antagonist http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633957 Antagonist Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:01:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633957 This has the makings of another Al Gore movie. This has the makings of another Al Gore movie.

]]> By: For Truth http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633417 For Truth Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:47:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633417 That was a sweet program last night, but this guy, Pillar will be swift-boated due to his facial ticks. The NIE was produced in 2 weeks, which usually takes 1-2 years? What a quality document that must have been. That was a sweet program last night, but this guy, Pillar will be swift-boated due to his facial ticks. The NIE was produced in 2 weeks, which usually takes 1-2 years? What a quality document that must have been.

]]> By: Willy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633368 Willy Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:19:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633368 Instead of calling it manipulation of intelligence, why don't we just call it what it really is: <strong>LIES</strong>. "Lies" are the one and only product that the Bush administration has been able to create successfully. Everything else they do has been utter failure. Instead of calling it manipulation of intelligence, why don’t we just call it what it really is: LIES.

“Lies” are the one and only product that the Bush administration has been able to create successfully. Everything else they do has been utter failure.

]]> By: Kermit the Freedom Frog http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633292 Kermit the Freedom Frog Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:06:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633292 Bert and Ernie are living seperately and are in religious counseling to "cure" them of their sinful unnatural ways. And Buster won't be getting any more fresh maple syrup, if you know what I mean. Be sure to go see my next movie, "The Muppets Take Baghdad" coming to re-education internment camps near you! Bert and Ernie are living seperately and are in religious counseling to “cure” them of their sinful unnatural ways.

And Buster won’t be getting any more fresh maple syrup, if you know what I mean.

Be sure to go see my next movie, “The Muppets Take Baghdad” coming to re-education internment camps near you!

]]> By: five of diamonds http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633276 five of diamonds Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:55:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633276 Why the Hell am I paying taxes for PBS if it just airs political biased programs? Comment by Roger_Roger — June 21, 2006 @ 4:29 pm Facts tend to lean left. Why the Hell am I paying taxes for PBS if it just airs political biased programs?

Comment by Roger_Roger — June 21, 2006 @ 4:29 pm

Facts tend to lean left.

]]> By: Wayne A. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633248 Wayne A. Schneider Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:35:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633248 <i>Why the Hell am I paying taxes for PBS if it just airs political biased programs? Comment by Roger_Roger — June 21, 2006 @ 4:29 pm </i> This has been a complaint of conservatives for a long time. They seem to think that for a journalistic effort to be “fair” it should be “balanced” (it should get both sides of the story.) This is, of course, not only stupid, it’s not journalism. Journalism is about “objectivity,” and if the objective facts make someone look bad, then they are probably doing bad things. Besides, what good does it do to make us listen to one side’s guy say “No it isn’t true” when it’s obvious from the rest of the story that the guy is lying? If PBS airs a report that makes your president look bad, then perhaps you should consider the very real possibility that he is a bad person. You should care about getting the truth, not both sides of a story (one of which is almost certainly a lie). Why the Hell am I paying taxes for PBS if it just airs political biased programs?

Comment by Roger_Roger — June 21, 2006 @ 4:29 pm

This has been a complaint of conservatives for a long time. They seem to think that for a journalistic effort to be “fair” it should be “balanced” (it should get both sides of the story.) This is, of course, not only stupid, it’s not journalism. Journalism is about “objectivity,” and if the objective facts make someone look bad, then they are probably doing bad things. Besides, what good does it do to make us listen to one side’s guy say “No it isn’t true” when it’s obvious from the rest of the story that the guy is lying? If PBS airs a report that makes your president look bad, then perhaps you should consider the very real possibility that he is a bad person. You should care about getting the truth, not both sides of a story (one of which is almost certainly a lie).

]]> By: Rebel With A Cause http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633243 Rebel With A Cause Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:30:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633243 <em>JUST PLAIN MAD Dont forget about the 9 billion that disappeared! I know for a fact that the CIA has ways of making money disappear and I will bet my last buck that all the good old boys got a duffle bag full of money stashed away for their eventual use, eventually. This includes Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell (yes, he was bought), Rice, Senor, Feith, and all the rest. Nine billion, split about 9 ways, well you do the math.</em> JUST PLAIN MAD

Dont forget about the 9 billion that disappeared! I know for a fact that the CIA has ways of making money disappear and I will bet my last buck that all the good old boys got a duffle bag full of money stashed away for their eventual use, eventually.

This includes Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell (yes, he was bought), Rice, Senor, Feith, and all the rest. Nine billion, split about 9 ways, well you do the math.

]]> By: FLAVIUS `WORFEUS http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633197 FLAVIUS `WORFEUS Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:09:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633197 Freedom Frogs? Isn't that what Mcdonalds was selling for a while there? Freedom Frogs?

Isn’t that what Mcdonalds was selling for a while there?

]]> By: Joe Sixpack http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633187 Joe Sixpack Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:05:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633187 <em>I’ll be changing my name to Kermit the Freedom Frog.... </em> Please don't. I was just getting used to the way you are. Warts and all. I’ll be changing my name to Kermit the Freedom Frog….

Please don’t. I was just getting used to the way you are. Warts and all.

]]> By: Krazny http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633172 Krazny Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:59:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633172 Kermit you might want to drop the hi ho thing, it might sound a little gay, and we don't want PBS pushing the homosexual agenda. Speaking of which, will Burt and Ernie be retireing? Kermit you might want to drop the hi ho thing, it might sound a little gay, and we don’t want PBS pushing the homosexual agenda. Speaking of which, will Burt and Ernie be retireing?

]]> By: Boink Me — FrontLine - The Dark Side of Vice President Cheney http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633169 Boink Me — FrontLine - The Dark Side of Vice President Cheney Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:58:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633169 [...] Last night, PBS’s Frontline aired a new documentary entitled “The Dark Side”  Iraq NIE Says He ‘Regrets Having a Role’ In Manipulation of Intelligence - from (http://thinkprogress.org/) [...] [...] Last night, PBS’s Frontline aired a new documentary entitled “The Dark Side”  Iraq NIE Says He ‘Regrets Having a Role’ In Manipulation of Intelligence - from (http://thinkprogress.org/) [...]

]]> By: Steve53 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633167 Steve53 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:54:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633167 OVERWHELMING DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT. THEY CAN’T STEAL IT IF IT’S NOT CLOSE. PASS IT ON. Comment by katy =============== I'll do my part,Katy. OVERWHELMING DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT.
THEY CAN’T STEAL IT IF IT’S NOT CLOSE.

PASS IT ON.

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I’ll do my part,Katy.

]]> By: Kermit the Frog http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633155 Kermit the Frog Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:46:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633155 By the way kids, I'll be changing my name to Kermit the Freedom Frog, just so nobody mistakes me for being French. By the way kids, I’ll be changing my name to Kermit the Freedom Frog, just so nobody mistakes me for being French.

]]> By: Godfry Daniel http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633154 Godfry Daniel Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:46:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633154 “I regret having a role in that.” I'm afraid it's a bit late for regrets... perhaps he'd like to borrow my .45 revolver... “I regret having a role in that.”

I’m afraid it’s a bit late for regrets… perhaps he’d like to borrow my .45 revolver…

]]> By: Kermit the Frog http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633150 Kermit the Frog Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:43:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633150 Hi-ho, Kermit the frog here. Today we're going to talk about the wonderful new freedom in Iraq and how it is threatened by the liberal media monster. I want all you kids to be like Cookie Monster, just consume and consume without regard for consequences. Together we can kick the liberal media monster off the air for good. Then Miss Piggy and I will retire to a free market privately owned paradise, isn't that right Ms Coulter? Hi-ho, Kermit the frog here. Today we’re going to talk about the wonderful new freedom in Iraq and how it is threatened by the liberal media monster. I want all you kids to be like Cookie Monster, just consume and consume without regard for consequences. Together we can kick the liberal media monster off the air for good. Then Miss Piggy and I will retire to a free market privately owned paradise, isn’t that right Ms Coulter?

]]> By: FLAVIUS `WORFEUS http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633137 FLAVIUS `WORFEUS Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:37:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633137 Really? This was on PBS last night? Well that explains why Bush appointed Warren Bell to the PBS board of directors, doesn't it? Really? This was on PBS last night?

Well that explains why Bush appointed Warren Bell to the PBS board of directors, doesn’t it?

]]> By: PLC (Patriotic Liberal Christian) http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633135 PLC (Patriotic Liberal Christian) Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:36:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633135 #16 Roger Roger Why the hell am I and my daughter and my granddaughter and ... paying for this Iraq adventure that I don't support? At least the PBS stories are truth-seeking. #16 Roger Roger
Why the hell am I and my daughter and my granddaughter and … paying for this Iraq adventure that I don’t support? At least the PBS stories are truth-seeking.

]]> By: Geoff Miller http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633134 Geoff Miller Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:36:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633134 Roger: How was this program politicaly biasaed? Or did you even watch it? Roger:

How was this program politicaly biasaed? Or did you even watch it?

]]> By: Joe Sixpack http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/comment-page-1/#comment-633126 Joe Sixpack Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:32:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/21/pbs-pillar/#comment-633126 <em>Why the Hell am I paying taxes for PBS if it just airs political biased programs? </em> Comment by Roger_Roger It just depends on your political bias, now doesn't it, Roger? Why the Hell am I paying taxes for PBS if it just airs political biased programs?
Comment by Roger_Roger

It just depends on your political bias, now doesn’t it, Roger?

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