Our Liberal Media, Part I
Last night, El Pais published Spanish translations of transcripts of george Bush and former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar which reveal some of the duplicity behind the early war effort.
Bush tells Aznar that the United States will invade Iraq with or without a war resolution; he expects the war to cost $50 billion; and he effectively admits to strong-arm tactics against poor countries which were wavering in their diplomatic support.
In a country with an actually liberal media, the front pages of said media's newspapers would have at least some mention of these transcripts, perhaps a translation of them, or (may we speculate that the media's investigative reporters could actually investigate something as important as the call to war) the original version in English.
Labels: Aznar, Bush, El Pais, Stupid reporting tricks
