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Thursday, 16 November 2006

Time: By the way,
never mind about that Rumsfeld war-crimes suit
Allahpundit

Remember last Friday? Their EXCLUSIVE that wasn’t an exclusive about Rumsfeld being sued in Germany over Abu Ghraib? Big news in the afternoon…

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…and even bigger news by late afternoon — as big as Drudge could make it…

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…finally settling in the early evening on the multi-teaser/ital headline/glum photo triple whammy.

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Remember? Yeah, well, you can forget about it now. Because it’s within the discretion of German prosecutors to pursue it or not, the odds that anyone’s going to be charged are slim and none. Which even an idiot like me recognized instantly. So why wasn’t that fact emphasized in Time’s original story?

Because, silly: ...

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See, I told you so...
Michelle Malkin

I noted six days ago that folks who were getting hysterical over the not-yet-filed, publicity-seeking lawsuit against Don Rumsfeld should calm down before going ballistic on Germany.

Well, lookee here: Time magazine, which hyped the scoop, is now pulling an Emily Litella. Suit's not likely to happen, after all. ...

Posted by Bill Faith on November 16, 2006 at 02:56 PM in Media Malpractice | Permalink

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