Down the hole
The Memory Hole is an interesting site bringing to light a number of cases that would merit more press coverage than it received.
In September 2002, when building a case for war against Iraq, Bush claimed publicly that a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency showed that Saddam Hussein was close to developing nuclear weapons. In fact, the report said no such thing; quite the opposite. The White House were forced to admit the report was misrepresented, but basically stood by its conclusion.
More interestingly, MSNBC published a story about this mistake on its front page, but a few hours later, the story disappeared completely. Writing about the incident in a now well-known (among bloggers anyway) New York Times column, Paul Krugman asked:
Did the news media feel that it was unpatriotic to question the administration's credibility?
The Memory Hole has preserved the original MSNBC article.
What happened to all that fuss about a liberal media bias?
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