At 03:46 PM 1/11/2002 -0800, Eric Cordian wrote:
OK, I'll bite. How did the Omaha World Herald on October 1, quote the Washington Report from October 3, in response to a reader question of October 27?
See the followup message with the exact text of the articles that I sent do you and the list. It's over 40KB, so while you received it, majordomo bounced it (perhaps the lne.com admin will approve).
Also, he doesn't debunk the quote. He just expresses his opinion that no Israeli leader could be so stupid, and continues merrily on to say that one magazine that reported the remark is "influenced" by Arabs.
True, but it's a pretty extraordinary quote that seems to have allegedly taken place in a private meeting; extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, no?
If it appeared in a bylined article in a mainstream American newspaper, and everyone involved has not been fired, and no retraction has been issued, many months later, I would tend to believe that the authenticity of the quote is not in question.
Your faith in the American small-town journalistic establishment is heartening, but probably misplaced. -Declan