UPDATE: January 5th, 2007
Michelle Malkin has the roundup.
and:
What He Said
Scandal
Who is
Jamil Hussein?
and what is the controversy around him???
The Blogosphere is doing its thing…and this story is getting really fun to watch.
For more go
Here (Pajamas Media)
And Here (Confederate Yankee, who did much of the grunt work)
And Here (Hot Air – read the comments on this post, really great insights especially this one:

Excellent work by Bob Owens. If you haven’t read it yet over at CY, do so.

Good posts here, but it seems Rockhauler has the anchor…

A journalist reports the facts, all of the facts, not just the evidence that supports the conclusion to which the ‘journalist’ is directing his audience.

Propaganda attempts to lead someone to accept a conclusion, despite facts or reasoning that refute that conclusion.

Just as almost everyone to take a witness stand in a courtroom actually violates the oath to tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth“, by selectively presenting facts which support their preferred side of the case and leaving those which do not, journalists have always chosen which bits and pieces of a story to include and exclude.

Heard any reporting on the economy lately? Wonder why. Oh, but we all know that gas prices jumped.

Eason Jordan’s credibility is long gone, and his motives should always be questioned. On this story, however, there is no value possible to his own career, since he has surely made an enemy of the AP, so we can loan his words some credibility. Plus, he has obviously done the preliminary homework to know what steps the AP did and didn’t take in the early stages of this obvious cover-up, and there’s credit for that as well.

The big question now is how far the AP is willing to take these shenanigans. The longer they hold on, the worse the fallout. This isn’t memo-gate, it’s more than a hundred times bigger. It’s going to destroy them.

Freelancer on January 2, 2007 at 3:15 PM)
And for the best analogy:
Winds of Change: “It’s just a scratch”
While this scandal is funny to watch, the underlying theme of what has happened in the public having their minds massaged by a mythical iraqi police chief critical of the US policies is absolutely galling and unforgivable.
I will enjoy watching the Associated Press go down the toilet, but I wish the traitors who invented those 61 stories of propaganda to influence american politics, elections, and policy on the war would be exposed and held accountable for their crimes, lies, and distortions.
Jenny Hatch