There was a time not too long ago that news reported facts on front page and opinions in the editorial.
updates on above from network news
either this report from ABC is taking these "MAYS" as gospel or the reporter suddenly now remembers the location???
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...5&u=/nm/20041029/ts_nm/iraq_explosives_abc_dc
or do we believe this report from ABC also on same day--
ABC News, citing IAEA inspection documents, reported Wednesday that the Iraqis had declared 141 tons of RDX explosives at Al-Qaqaa in July 2002, but that the site held only three tons when it was checked in January 2003. The network said that could suggest that 138 tons were removed from the facility long before the March 2003 invasion.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=6&u=/ap/20041029/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_weapons
One thing is clear is timing when this was released by NYT and CBS
Thursday, October 28, 2004
By Brit Hume
The latest from the Political Grapevine:
Election Week Surprise?
CBS' "60 Minutes" (search) is now acknowledging that it had planned to broadcast the questionable story of missing weapons in Iraq two days before the presidential election. And it's clear CBS had been working on the story for some time, having conducted interviews on it in Iraq last week.
But when CBS realized the story wouldn't hold, the network decided the New York Times ? which helped investigate the story ? should run it first.
In addition, CBS knew about a search of the Al-Qaqaa complex (search) on April 4, 2003 ? a search that was thorough enough to find a suspicious white powder, and that found no indication of locked materials or IAEA (search) weaponry. But CBS hasn't mentioned that at all in its reports this week.
So how do we know CBS was aware of it? Well, because CBS reported it the day it happened last year
