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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:16 PM
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Anybody know this "Big Story" FAUX News is going to break?
I caught a snippet of Bill O'Reilly. I was bored, so sue me!
Anyway, he had some author on pumping his book "The Connection". Judging from the cover it outlines, or attempts to outline, a Saddam/Al Queda connection. Sorry, I didn't get his name.
O'Reilly made a comment that FAUX is going to break a 'Big Story' tomorrow. I assume it may be about some sort of Saddam/Al Queda connection, but such stories have come up before and all of them have been discredited or fallen flat.

Take from the source, FAUX that is, whatever you will. I've found that NOT watching FAUX, CNN, or CNBC and sticking to newspapers is better.

Anyone have any clues or insights as to what Roger Ailes is going to ram down our throats tomorrow?
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tritsofme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:20 PM
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1. Its some guy from the Weakly Standard who wrote the book
Edited on Wed Jun-02-04 11:21 PM by tritsofme
which is also owned by Murdoch Inc, and is widely recognized as PNAC's publication.

The article is on their site now.

edited to say his name is Stephen F. Hayes
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:23 PM
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2. Well, that figures!
I should have expected something like that. Silly me!
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tritsofme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:25 PM
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4. Yeah, I don't know what ol' Bill thinks he breaking,
but this article has been out for nearly a week.

But then again, they don't call it Faux News for nothing...
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:23 PM
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3. The Freeptards says its the connection between Rummy's buddy Saddam
and Bin Laden. Desperation is in the air........
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:31 PM
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8. That figures too!
What a f_____g joke! And not even a funny one!
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FlemingsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:28 PM
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5. FoxNews Breaking: "Scott Peterson is a Democrat!"
"He killed his wife and their baby in a strange satanic-homosexual ritual. All the while John Kerry videotaped it!"
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:41 PM
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13. *snark*
You forgot that the baby killing was for stem cell research...:evilgrin:
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Kool Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:28 PM
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6. If this is the story that was
thrown all over a couple of months ago by the "WEEKLY STANDARD", about a Saddam-Al Queda connection, then they truly are nuts. It was supposedly a leaked memo (?) from the DOD, and it was debunked by the DOD. (If I am remembering correctly.) Is this their big story?
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tritsofme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:30 PM
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7. Yep, same story, same author,
now he just wrote a book.
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Kool Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:34 PM
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10. Jeez.
They must be panicking.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:57 PM
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15. they are desperate
things have gone to HELL in Iraq so now they have to make up shit to support why the f*** we ever went there. It is beyond sad and more than a little pathetic.
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:33 PM
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9. I don't know
I just made an assumption based on the context of the conversation that 'Bill the Liar' and 'National Review' propagandinst were having. It stood to reason that maybe the 'Big Story' might be something along those lines.
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Democat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:39 PM
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11. Fox, the author, the publishers are all on the same payroll. Does Fox care
Does Fox "disclose" who is paying the bills for the authors on their shows?

They cry when other shows don't, but does Fox clearly state who is paying the authors they have on their shows?

I doubt it.
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:43 PM
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14. Does such a glaring detail even matter to 'FAUX'?
Edited on Wed Jun-02-04 11:44 PM by freethought
Probably not. Like I said, I don't watch 'FAUX' if can help it. I even get into arguments with my father that he shouldn't watch the crap they shovel.
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-02-04 11:40 PM
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12. "Ann Coulter really IS a man!"
Oh, that's old news too.

Sorry.
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