Tide turning on Bush flashdance [thestar.com]

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Feb. 3, 2004. 01:00 AM

Tide turning on Bush flashdance
U.S. editorialists seek probe into war

ANTONIA ZERBISIAS

"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception."

— Mark Twain

Yesterday afternoon at 1, CNN's Kyra Phillips gave us the headlines, and then paused dramatically, "First, the story everybody's talking about today ..."

A news junkie could be forgiven for expecting the lead item to be how U.S. President George W. Bush's approval ratings are 49 per cent, an all-time low. It is now undeniable that the White House misled the country into war. It is so under the gun that, yesterday, Bush announced an "independent" panel to examine the false — falsified, surely — intelligence that hurled his nation into the Iraqi quagmire and a fiscal nightmare.

But no. Instead Janet Jackson's nipple jewelry was flashdanced again, as if hundreds of millions of people hadn't already caught her Super Bowl boob job over and over again.

The news biz as usual.

At least CNN ran Bush's announcement of the "independent bipartisan commission" second in its line-up and gave major play to the story throughout the day. But, if anybody cast doubt on Bush's previous truthfulness, I must have been out walking the dog because I never heard it, certainly not with the force that the networks employed when challenging former president Bill Clinton's denial of sexual involvement with "that woman".

The mainstream media tide is starting to turn against the Bushites. The formerly compliant press corps is starting to mobilize, in the realization that its mission is not to propagandize for the administration but to keep watch over it. Finally — but more than a year too late for the dead and mutilated.

Last week, editorialists at most of the top American newspapers demanded a probe into the reasons for war. Some even came out and said that citizens had been "deceived".
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Now it's up to the media to hold the administration's feet to the fire and emphasize that, if Bush himself is "putting together a independent bipartisan commission" — which he is — then it won't be so independent.
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[izzie]

1. What can one say, we here have said it since he came to office.

Bush should never have been in the White House. But then to be as I always am, taking life as it comes, are we imploding?

[ClintonTyree]

2. He's puting together........

an independent bipartisan commission that will report well after he November election. Anyone with reservations that this administration politicizes EVERYTHING should now be convinced. These are evil, evil people that try to hide the truth at every turn.

[Zhade]

3. Antonia Zerbisias is great!

I wrote to her after I read one of her stories. She's very approachable and warm - we traded a few emails, it was pretty cool. Very talented writer who looks for the truth. One to watch.

Now, we'll see how this plays out. Should be interesting, to say the least...!

[imax2268]

4. Yea...

I thought that the pResident Liar would be the top story but we get Janet's boob...go figure...

I have a question though...has BushCo ruined it for any other BushCo family member to run for political office again...?...Has the Bush family name been finally tarnished in the political world...?
If Jeb was to run would he have a chance now after his bro screwed things up so bad...?

[Vogon_Glory]

6. Jebito's Chances

I suspect that Jebito's chances for getting into the White House have been going steadily downwards. The only way he could get in is with a monumental amount of lies and deceit and a supine press that makes even the complascent hacks we've got in what was once the land of the free look as bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as the muckrakers of a century ago.

When Jebito leaves the Florida governor's mansion, I hope and trust that someone will take a hard look at his management.

[Vogon_Glory]

5. We Need More Of That Attitude South Of The Border

I enjoyed reading Zerbisias' article, but he lives where the press affords and enjoys a more detached perspective. We need more of that attitude south of the border, not just in Canada.

[Lurking Dem]

7. Some headline writers should be shot.

That gave me a mental image that will haunt me for the rest of my days.

[Democat]

8. The Democrats need to scream about the word "independent"

If the Democrats let Bush get away with this, they are even worse than we thought.

Why have a Bush panel investigate Bush and call them independent? It's like when the right wing media "investigated" the 2000 election.

They right wing always finds that the right wing was right.