Well, it seems as though they have in fact found wmd's in Iraq.
The article goes on to say that the government has known about the wmd's since 2003, and that they have apparently been there since prior to 1991.
Here is the declassified part of the NGCIC report that started the story.
I think it's also interesting that this report shows up on Fox News. CNN, and MSNBC have a global warming article on their main web page.I searched for "WMD" on the main page of CNN, and the phrase wasn't found. No article about it.
MSNBC does have a blurb about the article on the lower portion of their page in the "U.S. Politics" section, and the headline reads "GOP claims WMD found in Iraq".
The approach on MSNBC is to report on the Fox News report about the two "Republicans", are using the de-classified report to re-butt Democratic arguments about the war being a mistake. There is no link to the de-classified report, and no mention of the report's contents. The headline of the story is "Two Republicans claim WMD found in Iraq".
The real story is the WMD's being found, and MSNBC's only comment is that the "Republican's" claim that WMD's have been found, and are using the report to fend off the attacks of the Democrats.
How interesting. One news organization (Fox) quotes the senator's and puts up a link to the report to corroborate the story, one news agency (MSNBC) uses Fox's article to start a political fire, and one news agency (CNN), ignores the story altogether.
Is there any wonder about why there is so much confusion on the war? Or confusion on our safety, or the safety of our troops. Fox reported that the discovery proves that our troops are indeed under the threat of WMD's (as we all are btw). MSNBC, seemingly does not care about the troops safety, (or ours), only that the Republicans "claim" that WMD's have been found and the political implications of the claim. There is no corroboration or any comment on the validity of the actual NGCIS report by MSNBC. CNN doesn't even take the time to comment.
Three powerful news organizations. Three different approaches to one story.
How sad. How typical.
