AP Repeats a Lie

AP turns a story about Dan Rather’s CBS lawsuit into a hit piece against President Bush by omitting a crucial detail:

Rather, whose last months at CBS were clouded by a disputed story on President Bush's Vietnam-era military service, says his employers made him a "scapegoat" to placate the White House after questions arose about the story.

… Rather says in his lawsuit that the defendants' actions damaged his reputation and cost him significant financial loss.

Rather was removed from his "CBS Evening News" post in March 2005, six months after he narrated a report that said Bush disobeyed orders and shirked some of his duties during his National Guard service. The report also said a commander felt pressured to sugarcoat Bush's record.

Dan Rather’s report, however, relied on demonstrably false documents – a detail that doesn’t make AP’s report. The story on Bush’s Guard service had no basis in fact, yet the AP includes it without informing the reader of its falsehood.

In the tradition of Joseph Goebbels, AP repeats a lie hoping people will eventually come to believe it.

H/T Instapundit

Originally posted in UNCoRRELATED Jan 12, 2008