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Checking on the "reinstating the draft" story
CBS reporters are interviewed here on their news story that President Bush plans to reinstate the draft after the upcoming election, should he win. The emails with this information have been shown to be hoaxs. Here is the response of the producer Linda Karas:
"The truth of the e-mails were absolutely irrelevant to the piece, because all the story said was that people were worried. It’s a story about human beings that are afraid of the draft. We did not say that this (e-mail) was true, it’s just circulating. We are not verifying the e-mail." [emphasis added]The producer didn't say how she knew people were worried -- maybe that was a hoax, too. The emails claimed inside information on the draft and that people were worried; that prompted a news report that, the producer says, has no link to the emails. [original link via here]
Posted by Dan Brooks on September 30, 2004 at 08:00 AM | Permalink
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