Thursday, January 13, 2005
Contrast of Truths and Lies
The Poor Man does an excellent job of contrasting Rathergate and WMDs:
Rathergate vs. Saddam's WMD - A Quantitative Comparison
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Rathergate vs. Saddam's WMD - A Quantitative Comparison
Rathergate | Saddam's WMD | |
Investigation recently concluded? | Yes | Yes |
Use of highly questionable supporting documents? | Yes | Yes |
Central claims disproven? | No | Yes |
Media spread questionable information? | Yes | Yes |
Number of firings resulting from investigation | 4 | 0 |
Number of high-profile reassignments resulting from investigation | 1 | 0 |
Number of wars started using flawed justification
| 0 | 1 |
Cost to American taxpayer | $0.00 | ~$150,000,000,000 (as of 1/12/05) |
See the rest here.