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September 06, 2006
Acknowledge, admit, disclose
The storyline on CNN's front page says President Bush "admitted for the first time" today that the US used secret prisons to hold 14 "high-level" terrorists. Admitted? That's a curious, obviously judgmental, term (one doesn't "admit" to having done nothing wrong; a better word (one also used by CNN, in the main story) is something like "acknowledge" or "disclose").
Can the pattern be any more obvious? -- breathlessly reporting a story as though the wrongdoing is obvious (others: Sy Hersh's story on secret American ops in Iran comes to mind, as does the NYT's publication of wiretapping and financial monitoring stories). The beat goes on, and the MSM is hoping this'll stick, and at the very least give Democrats fodder heading into elections.
Problem is, as with previous non-scandals, Americans will agree with Bush's rationale in holding these prisoners secretly. This is a war, after all. Let the Democrats complain. The more the MSM reports this, and the more idiotic comments coming from Democrats, the better Republicans look.
Posted by bill at September 6, 2006 03:22 PM
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