The chumps at "Media Matters"

I could waste 24 hours per day of my time dealing with the spin of Media Matters. But since I've already done some research on the Rumsfeld/"bulletproof" thing I might as well take a swipe at that notable group of incompetents.

Could the clowns actually believe that they are setting the record straight?

In the context of a piece moaning about the fact that the major networks cropped a video of Rumsfeld's exchange with retired CIA person Ray McGovern, Media Matters has the following:

McGovern also referred to Rumsfeld's September 27, 2002, assertion that he had been told by the intelligence community that the claim that "there are in fact Al Qaeda in Iraq" was "bulletproof."
(Media Matters)

The "assertion" link goes to the right place--the same .mil site that I used to confirm what Rumsfeld said in Atlanta. They just ignore the context of what Rumsfeld said, and note also the way they cobble together quotations from the Rumsfeld statement in reverse order of their occurrence. If the Media Matters people are not rather stupid (as in having done research about as carelessly as it can be done) then they are liars (as in doing the research properly and then adding spin to it in order to deceive people).

Nor do they point out that McGovern committed the same error in misrepresenting Rumsfeld's statements.

McGOVERN: We're talking about lies, and your allegation that there was "bulletproof" evidence of ties between Al Qaeda and Iraq. Was that a lie or were you misled?

McGovern's misrepresentation is actually more artful than the one at Media Matters.

Yes, the various points of evidence were "bullet-proof" but not in terms of providing "beyond a reasonable doubt" evidence as would be required in a court of law--as Rumsfeld emphasized in his original speech.

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