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October 27th, 2006, 08:52 AM
Rumsfeld Sends Mik to the Moon [Update - Mik Concedes Rumsfeld Right]
Posted by Mark Finkelstein on October 26, 2006 - 23:02.
http://newsbusters.org/node/8631
When NBC military affairs correspondent Jim Miklaszewski posed an ill-founded question to Donald Rumsfeld at a Pentagon press briefing today, the Secretary of Defense responded in, shall we say, animated fashion, leaving very little doubt as to where he stood on the matter.
The Mik apparently asserted that every time a security benchmark has been laid down, the Iraqis have failed to meet it.
You can view the Defense Secretary's muscular response - detailing Miklaszewski's myriad mistakes - here.
We're told that after some brief treatment on the sidelines, Jim is doing well and fully expects to play in tomorrow's game ;-)
UPDATE: Mik Admits Rumseld Was Right
On Friday's 'Today, ' Mik was accorded considerable time to air his version of events. But while the NBC correspondent accused the Bush administration of being "hypersensitive" over the benchmark issue, at the end of his report Mik was constrained to acknowledge that "strictly by the numbers, Rumsfeld is correct."
Strictly speaking, I'd call that a concession.
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On a side note, I find it interesting that when Bill Clinton blows his stack over an innocuous question from Chris Wallace, he's called brave and courageous and praised for standing up to the RWW establishment. But when Rumsfeld does the same thing to a provocative question by a lefty reporter, he's called "hypersensitive."
DEMOCRATS = HYPOCRITES
Posted by Mark Finkelstein on October 26, 2006 - 23:02.
http://newsbusters.org/node/8631
When NBC military affairs correspondent Jim Miklaszewski posed an ill-founded question to Donald Rumsfeld at a Pentagon press briefing today, the Secretary of Defense responded in, shall we say, animated fashion, leaving very little doubt as to where he stood on the matter.
The Mik apparently asserted that every time a security benchmark has been laid down, the Iraqis have failed to meet it.
You can view the Defense Secretary's muscular response - detailing Miklaszewski's myriad mistakes - here.
We're told that after some brief treatment on the sidelines, Jim is doing well and fully expects to play in tomorrow's game ;-)
UPDATE: Mik Admits Rumseld Was Right
On Friday's 'Today, ' Mik was accorded considerable time to air his version of events. But while the NBC correspondent accused the Bush administration of being "hypersensitive" over the benchmark issue, at the end of his report Mik was constrained to acknowledge that "strictly by the numbers, Rumsfeld is correct."
Strictly speaking, I'd call that a concession.
************************************************** ***
On a side note, I find it interesting that when Bill Clinton blows his stack over an innocuous question from Chris Wallace, he's called brave and courageous and praised for standing up to the RWW establishment. But when Rumsfeld does the same thing to a provocative question by a lefty reporter, he's called "hypersensitive."
DEMOCRATS = HYPOCRITES