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If the Press Can Admit They Were Wrong About Iraq, Why Can't John Kerry? |
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COBB/LaMARCHE 2004 NEWS RELEASE August 13, 2004 Contact: Blair Bobier, Media Director at 541.929.5755 or 414.364.1596 Cobb: If the Press Can Admit They Were Wrong About
Iraq, Why Can't John Kerry? David Cobb, the Green Party's presidential candidate, today reacted to the admission from yet another major U.S. newspaper that its pre-invasion coverage of Iraq was skewed and biased in favor of war. "If the Washington Post and the New York Times can admit they were wrong about Iraq, why can't John Kerry?" asked Cobb. Earlier this week, Kerry said that even without evidence of weapons of mass destruction, he still would have voted for the congressional resolution which authorized President Bush to launch the invasion of Iraq. The Washington Post reported on Thursday that it had buried news stories which questioned claims of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. The Post admitted that its coverage of the issue was "strikingly one-sided" and that it didn't pay enough attention to those critical of the Bush Administration's plans. In May, the New York Times made a similar admission. "Dissent is patriotic," said Cobb. "Our country was founded by dissenters who insisted on a free press. The press has let us down but I am proud to be among the dissenters." The revelations by the Post and the Times continue to undercut the legitimacy of the U.S. occupation of Iraq. No weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq, intelligence reports on which the invasion was based were inaccurate and no connection with Al Qaeda has been documented. "My position and the position of the Green Party have never changed on this issue. The invasion of Iraq was illegal and our continued occupation of that country is immoral. It is time to bring our troops home now," said Cobb. MORE INFORMATION: search: elct, irq, fpol |