Today, Nov 6, on THe View, Barbara Walters displaying her usual professionalism as a sometimes, pretend journalist, stated that the Clintons vandalized the White House before turning it over to the Bush. As a sometime player as an ABC journalist she displays an astuteness for the facts typical of ABC Network News.
If anybody at ABC cares about accuracy (LOL) that was a lie made up by the Bush people and was identified as such LONG AGO after an
investigation by the GSA. the investigation came as a result of a request by "Rep. Bob Barr (R.-Ga.), and many conservatives who had assumed that the wild rumors would be confirmed by an official inquiry."
I know Walters as a sometimes member of ABC news, isn't that concerned with accuracy but jesus, this is an old lie. Can't you get it right by now, Barbara. (needless to say Elizabeth Hasselhoff came about as close to an orgasm as any Nazi can when Barbara repeated this Republican propaganda as fact).
here is some of what other pretend journalists said at the time (from the article at link above):
"Leading the cry against the trashing of the White House was the Fox News Channel. Virtually every major Fox personality reported it as fact, often expressing their own personal outrage. Guests on the channel chimed in, condemning the Clintons and their staffers. Consider the following reports:
--Brit Hume (1/25/01): "By the way, the reported vandalism in those White House offices now includes power and phone cords cut... trash dumped on floors, desk drawers emptied onto floors, pornographic pictures left in computer printers, scatological messages left on voice mail, and cabinets and drawers glued shut. And the Washington Times reports that the presidential 747 that flew Bill and Hillary Clinton to New York on inauguration day was stripped bare. The plane's porcelain, china... and silverware, and salt and pepper shakers, blankets and pillow cases, nearly all items bearing the presidential seal, were taken by Clinton staffers who went along for the ride. The Washington Times quoted a military steward as saying that even a supply of toothpaste was stolen from a compartment under a sink."
--Sean Hannity (1/26/01): "Look, we've had these reports, very disturbing reports -- and I have actually spoken to people that have confirmed a lot of the reports -- about the trashing of the White House. Pornographic materials left in the printers. They cut the phone lines. Lewd and crude messages on phone machines. Stripping of anything that was not bolted down on Air Force One. $200,000 in furniture taken out."
--Fred Barnes (1/27/01): "Now, you know what else helped Bush have such a good week? It was the contrast with the Clintons' sleazy departure from the White House, which is a hot story in itself.... You had the trashing of the White House itself. We don't know how much, but the typewriters, the voicemail, the graffiti on the walls and so on, reflecting, I think, a real bitterness that they should not have reflected, at least in that."
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ONe or two of these pretend journalists did actually correct the record later. (it's in the article I linked to above).
I wouldn't hold my breath though, to hear Walters correct herself on her show. After all, she's not a real journalist, she just plays one on tv. 
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