Comments on: Ectoplasmic Source Conjured

By: Gaius

Gaius — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:44:32 +0000

So now we are to unquestioningly take the word of the Ministry of Information guy because you agree with him this time?

Can’t have it both ways, Ed. Really, you can’t.

Even if this guy does exist, it does not validate the lurid story, does it?

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:34:28 +0000

I was telling you all along, that trusting in the word of the Ministry of Information (which is riddled with Shiite militia members) PR guy versus the Associated Press was foolish. But once again, in you idealogical fervor to attack the “liberal MSM” your wishes got ahead of reality.

Skepticism is always warranted, blind belief that the other side is alway wrong, is just insanity.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:01:09 +0000

I presume you missed this since the AP buried it at the very bottom:

He (Khalaf) said police officers sign a pledge not to talk to reporters when they join the force.

A man who violates his word is who the AP admires and praises as a source. A sole source that they don’t even fact check before printing extremely lurid stories? There’s a media the US should support.

By: James

James — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:37:05 +0000

Now there’s a country the U.S. should support. A place that arrest people for talking to the press. The Soviet Union would be proud.

If anything does happen to him it could be the fault of the right-wing blogs. Hope the guy doesn’t get killed. That would be co-conspiracy to murder.

But am not sure he’s real. First Iraq says he doesn’t exist, then they do. Hmmmmm.