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March 2, 2006
President Bush's Poll Numbers And the Dubai Ports Deal
Topics: Political News and commentariesPresident Bush's falling poll numbers among Republicans are due mostly to the Dubai ports controversy. But how much of that controversy was due to lousy reporting?
John at Powerline suggests that two items from today's news raise that question. The first is a correction in the New York Times:
Two articles on Saturday about the management deal for six American ports and its political fallout referred incorrectly to the role to be played by Dubai Ports World. It would run some of the terminal operations; it would not own the ports or take over all operations.So you might ask just how is it possible for reporters to make "such an elementary mistake about the central fact on which they were reporting?" That question is best addressed with another question: Isn't misreporting of the news what we've come to expect from the NYT, a newspaper known for putting a priority on advancing the interests of the Democratic Party and the liberal agenda. But as Powerline points out, the NYT was only one of many newspapers (and cable news outlets) that misreported the facts of the ports transaction.
The second item comes from the Washington Times, where we learn that Republican Party state chairmen say the ports controversy has died down as party activists have learned more about the facts of the Dubai company's role. Read more at Powerline...
Posted by Richard at March 2, 2006 11:11 AM
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