The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

Who's being blind to the obvious. First of all, I provided the link to that article in my last post. Second of all I didn't say Fox wasn't into re-reporting, I just said that "perhaps" they weren't. Then I said "perhaps" they just put through the AP story as a placeholder until their version was done. Perhaps.

I'm not part of the staff at Fox News, I have no idea what reasons they might have for their editorial decisions. I'm just suggesting reasonable alternatives to your paranoid view of the world. So, if Fox published a story that includes all the things you initially found fault for, were you wrong in your initial indignation or are you blinded by the obvious and feel you must remain all puffed up and angry? Perhaps it is all part of a big conspiracy. I don't know. You seem confident you know, but I doubt the confidence is justified.

It is fine with me if you want to stick by the idea that all three headlines said the same thing. You're wrong, but that's fine with me. You're also inconsistent (moving a paragraph two lines forward is a sign of great conspiracy but a less explicit headline is essentially the same as the more explicity one).

Actually, the initial Fox version of the AP story cut 500 words not 200. The later Fox story is 200 words longer than the AP story. Why is the AP whitewashing this vital issue (and what exactly is the scandal in the story? that the president authorized giving heretofore confidential information to a reporter to support its case? that is a standard presidential power and isn't particularly controversial)?