Media

Yes, the US Media!

In Andrea Mitchell’s report on NBC Nightly News (2/5/03), Powell’s
allegations became actual capabilities of the Iraqi military: “Powell
played a tape of a Mirage jet retrofitted to spray simulated anthrax, and
a model of Iraq’s unmanned drones, capable of spraying chemical or germ
weapons within a radius of at least 550 miles.

Dan Rather, introducing an interview with Powell (60 Minutes II, 2/5/03),
shifted from reporting allegations to describing allegations as facts:
“Holding a vial of anthrax-like powder, Powell said Saddam might have tens
of thousands of liters of anthrax. He showed how Iraqi jets could spray
that anthrax and how mobile laboratories are being used to concoct new
weapons.” The anthrax supply is appropriately attributed as a claim by
Powell, but the mobile laboratories were something that Powell “showed” to
be actually operating.

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