Petraeus Gives Exclusive One Hour Interview To Fox

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/petraeus-fox-pr/

Petraeus Gives Exclusive One Hour Interview To Fox

Tomorrow night, after spending the day telling Congress that President Bush’s Iraq escalation should continue, Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker will take their PR campaign to a more comfortable setting: Fox News.

On Fox News Sunday this morning, host Chris Wallace announced the interview:

WALLACE: Now a special program note. Tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on the Fox News Channel, Brit will have an exclusive interview with General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker about the state of the Iraq war and their testimony to Congress. Please be sure to watch.

Watch it at link~

In a recent report on Iraq, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office raised concerns that Gen. Petraeus’ numbers do not reflect the reality on the ground, specifically the levels of sectarian violence, which the watchdog said are much higher than Petraeus and the military have been saying.

After concerns were raised over the military’s statistics, it was announced that Petraeus wouldn’t issue a report after all. Now, in another attempt to avoid scrutiny, Petraeus will be taking his cooked stats to a friendly forum on Fox.

[spanone]

1. of course he does. ministry of propaganda.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Who approved that? nt

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. Coward. n/t

[Olney Blue]

4. Faux news- the appropriate forum.

[angstlessk]

5. If he was willing to be 'grilled' he would go on NOW with Bill Moyers

of course that'll never happen!

[TomInTib]

6. Preaching to the Mouth-Breathers.

Scraper, meet Bottom.

[LibDemAlways]

7. Nothing like preaching to the choir. Betray-us knows

his info doesn't pass the smell test, and the only sheep who'll buy it are the FAUX Noise junkies. Pathetic.

[Quixote1818]

8. Betray-us is going to speak on fox?

Well, he is living up to his name.

[zabet]

9. Betrayus betrays the US.

This and the continued pounding of the war drums against Iran make me sick.

[Sticky]

10. Fox is becoming marginalized

It's by their own hand and It's a good thing. This kinda stuff makes me laugh.

[Cooley Hurd]

11. Big mistake on his part...

A guy, whose credibility is already under scrutiny, and he goes to a WIDELY-KNOWN propaganda organ for the pro-warriors? :eyes:

[BrklynLiberal]

12. FAUX NOISE? That says it all. How much truth could Betrayus be telling?

[moondust]

13. This alone destroys his credibility.

"Goering agrees to Goebbels interview."

[HowHasItComeToThis]

14. HOW MUCH DOES A GENERAL COST????????????????

GOP PARTY OF PERPETUAL WAR....... IT IS A RIGHTWING COTTAGE INDUSTRY.

WILL THE 911TRUTH PEOPLE BE IN THE BACKGROUND LIKE ON GERALDO?????????????????????

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. When he gets shitcanned, he'll become a Faux correspondent.

Guaranteed. That's where all the disgraced go when their time is up.

[HughMoran]

16. Do they realize that this completely eliminates ANY trust I may have had in their impartiality

I can't think of another stunt that would lower my opinion of Petraeus any more than this.

Unbelievable.

[Benhurst]

17. I so glad I live in a republic, where the military doesn't get involved in politics.

Yeah. Sure.