"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"-rick-" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"-rick-" wrote in message

There was a US General on Faux News (of all places) this morning
addressing that very question.


Who was the General? Is he on active duty, or is he a "former General"
who doesn't really have his finger on the pulse over there? Was he
interviewed while in Iraq, or was he sitting in Fox News' broadcast
building?

If you can provide his name (or even the name of the person who
interviewed him) we can read the transcript and see exactly who this
General was and what he actually said (not that I don't believe somebody
like you who refers to Fox News as Faux News). Time to put up or shut
up.

Calling it faux news is a cheap shot but generally deserved.

The story aired between about 9:30 and 10 AM PDT 7/25/05. It appeared
that the general was on active duty. He was shown in uniform commenting
from Iraq. I was exercising on the elliptical without glasses and
couldn't read his name on the 13" tube across the room. I'm sure they
introduced him but I was paying attention to the newspaper until the
discussion moved to the make up of the insurgency.

A more diligent or competent researcher could probably find a transcript
(LexisNexis?). I briefly searched the Foxnews site but didn't find a
reference to that particular story. Sorry, but it's now exceeded my
struggle/fun ratio threshold.

-rick-

Well, based on NOYB's rules, the story did not exist. Nor did your TV,
your exercise machine, glasses, newspaper, and perhaps even your house.
The existence of all these things depends on the name of the person who
was interviewed.

The interpretation of actual facts depends on the person being interviewed,
and the person listening to the interview.

rick tipped his hand about his bias when he called Fox News "Faux News".
That alone gave me doubt as to the veracity of his report.

Fox interviews folks from both ends of the political spectrum. I'd just
like to know some particular biographical facts on this "general" to
determine for myself if he's someone who actually has a clue as to what's
going on...or if he's just repeating party lines to further a particular
agenda.

That's fair, isn't it?