Horses Mouth February 8, 2007 5:15 PM

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BREAKING: WHITE HOUSE AND PENTAGON AT ODDS OVER INTERPRETATION OF MILITARY LEADERS' TESTIMONY!

Okay, maybe not quite, but this is funny. Yesterday Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace testified before Congress, saying that they didn't think Senate debate of the anti-escalation resolution hurt troop morale. The news orgs played the story as such, playing up fact that the two men's assertions went counter to GOP claims that Congressional debate undercuts the troops and emphasizing the fact that Gates and Pace were saying that such debate isn't a bad thing, after all.

Today the White House communications shop blasted out an email questioning that interpretation of the event, and insisting that the more important aspect of the story was a few quotes from the two military leaders about Congressional funding of the war. The missive blared:

It turns out, however, that the way the news orgs played the story is supported by none other than the Department of Defense. Here's how the Defense Department's own official in-house news service, the American Forces Information Service, played the story:

Note that the DOD news service's headline is: "Debate on Iraq Strengthens U.S. Democracy, Defense Leaders Say." And if you check out the DOD service's full story, you'll see that the thing emphasized in the White House's missive -- the question of Congressional funding -- is completely downplayed, and gets only a couple of buried sentences. Meanwhile, the DOD service's account heavily emphasizes the fact that the two military leaders were saying that Congressional debate about Iraq isn't a bad thing and even gives plenty of space to the idea that the troops don't see it as undercutting them.

Kind of fun, that.

-- Greg Sargent | Comments (5809) | Post a Comment

COMMENTS:

OK. So, which end is up, or down, or, as be the case...what's new?

You don't have to be a blind conservative not to see it, just an ignorant one to deny it.

Posted by: Dennis
Date: February 8, 2007 6:36 PM

indeed. well said...it's all about denial, not blindness.

Posted by: Greg
Date: February 8, 2007 6:41 PM

These examples would make a great primer to use when getting students to evaluate the quality of information obtained over the Web.

Or, as a textbook example of the defense mechanism (play on words accidental) denial.

Posted by:
Date: February 8, 2007 7:13 PM

Defense, meet the weakspot in our armor: The White House.

Posted by: parrot
Date: February 8, 2007 11:45 PM

Why not discuss what happens to the morale of the troops when they are told that the promised date of return has been sailed out the window or their time with family has been cut short...

Posted by: John Sherman
Date: February 9, 2007 8:52 AM

So Democratic control of Congress has lead to 'truthful' statements from the DOD without the threat of dismissal? Or will these statements be recanted in the next few days?

Posted by: tonny
Date: February 9, 2007 9:03 AM

This is delicious. First of all, it was a major victory for American democracy when the generals flat-out said that debating a troop escalation was not detrimental to troop morale. Hooray for common sense!!
Then the WH comes out with their spin on what the generals actually meant when they testified before congress. Booooooo!!
i'm sure the straight-talking, honest generals love, love, love it when a civilian interprets their words for them.
Can't wait to hear what ol' Snow-job has to say about this when (if?) a member of the WH press corps asks him, "Why do you feel so threatened by debate about the escalation that you had to spin the generals' testimony?"

Posted by: nffcnnr
Date: February 9, 2007 10:03 AM

Suggestion: everyone email to CNN and MSNBC and say you won't be watching them at all until they drop the disgusting Anna coverage all the time and go back to the real news. I did. Otherwise they'll go on with this for weeks.

Posted by: Rosie
Date: February 9, 2007 1:20 PM

Kinda fun? Okay, I'm in a bit of a foul mood perhaps, but let's not lose sight of the big picture here -- with the greatest respect, there is nothing "fun" about this administration's ongoing campaign to subvert plain language and reality. And its that much less fun when the purveyor of plain language and reality is the DOD...

Posted by: Mister Edge
Date: February 9, 2007 2:38 PM

No one seems to notice that "supporting the mission" and "supporting the troops" are diametrically opposed and incompatible. You cannot do both. The White House has chosen to support the mission which means that a bunch of American soldiers are going to get killed and injured for no good reason. I would prefer that they decided to support our soldiers and get them out of harm's way.

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