Thursday, June 02, 2005

Downing Street Memo Mostly Ignored in U.S. : FOX

FOXNews.com - Politics - Downing Street Memo Mostly Ignored in U.S.

HOLY TOLEDO!!! Fox News gets it right for a change!!! We all know the story of the Downing Street memo. So, where's the outrage? The Bush administration lied to the American people, lied to Congress, and lied to the world. But this is apparently not much of a story for the "liberal" media.

The memo, which received sporadic reporting in major newspapers in the United States throughout May, has sparked an outcry from more than 88 Democratic members of Congress who have signed two letters to President Bush demanding a response.

Led by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., the signatories are mostly representatives who opposed the war in Iraq and make up the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Conyers says the mainstream media have ignored the story and let President Bush off the hook.

Several popular left-leaning blogs have taken up the cause to keep the story alive, encouraging readers to contact media outlets. A Web site, DowningStreetMemo.com, ells readers to contact the White House directly with complaints.

"This is a test of the left-wing blogosphere," said Jim Pinkerton, syndicated columnist and regular contributor to FOX News Watch, who pointed out that The Sunday Times article came out just before the British election and apparently had little effect on voters' decisions. "In many ways that memo might prove all of the arguments the critics of the war have made," he added. "But the bulk of Americans don't agree, or don't seem that alarmed, so it is a power test to see if they can drive it back on the agenda."


Meanwhile, the National Catholic Reporter, in the name of democracy, wants some answers about the Downing Street memo:
The very democracy we so nobly talk of spreading around the world, however, demands that the questions be asked. The war, after all, is being fought in our name and with our money. At the same time, the evidence keeps mounting that the entire enterprise was a fabrication of falsehoods from the start.

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