More on Gore

How some mainstream media stars are being less than forthright about Gore's position, past and present.

Today's MRC CyberAlert writes about Al Gore and his treatment in mainstream media since his speech Monday:

Update on coverage of Al Gore’s anti-Bush Iraq policy speech: While CBS’s Dan Rather had highlighted how Gore charged that he felt “betrayed by the first Bush administration's hasty departure from the battlefield,” in Iraq which left Saddam Hussein in power, FNC’s Brit Hume noted how back in 1991 Gore had said the opposite, specifically saying President George H.W. Bush should not be blamed since the “consensus” was only for “pushing Iraq out of Kuwait.”

Naturally, Dan Rather did not update his viewers about Gore’s hypocrisy.

Plus, while also ignoring Gore’s hypocrisy, CNBC’s Brian Williams tried to add heft to Gore’s remarks by reminding viewers of how they came from “the number one popular vote-getter in the last election,” while ABC’s Claire Shipman emphasized how Gore “noted proudly yesterday that he cast the deciding the vote” for the Persian Gulf War.

But if a resolution wins by more than one vote, as did this one (52 to 47 on January 12, 1991), then no one vote is “the deciding vote.” In fact, ten Democrats supported the resolution and the Washington Post reported on January 13, 1991 that Gore was “the last of the group to announce his position” -- meaning he waited to see which side would win before casting his then definitely non-deciding vote.

And, one more update item, in drafting his speech, Gore consulted with actor Rob Reiner, “Meathead” on All in the Family.

Now the details about what I’ve just summarized above....

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Fri. 09/27/02 01:29:01 PM
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