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More Photographic Dishonesty from President Bush
To read the complete article - with links to the documentation
- click here: http://www.misleader.org/daily_mislead/Read.asp?fn=df12042003.html
In the most famous picture from his trip to Baghdad, President
Bush had himself artfully photographed to look like he was serving turkey to the troops.1 The image was emblazoned
on front pages throughout the country - and now appears to be an entirely false depiction.
According to the Washington
Post, Bush was actually holding "a decoration, not a serving plate."2 In other words, he was holding a prop, not
real food, and thus only pretending for the cameras to be serving up the holiday meal.
The Post notes that "the foray
has opened new credibility questions for a White House that has dealt with issues" like this in the past. In fact, the flap
marks the second such distortion in as many days about his trip to Baghdad. Just yesterday it was revealed that the White
House's tall tale of Air Force One crossing paths with a British Airways plane was entirely false.3 ...
http://www.misleader.org/daily_mislead/Read.asp?fn=df12042003.html
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