CNN Meekly Asks: Did Rudy Get His Facts Straight?
November 7, 2007 -- 10:46 AM EST // //
To its credit CNN ran a piece late yesterday fact-checking Rudy's blatantly false radio ad claiming that there's a dramatic difference between prostate recovery numbers in America and England. But someone at CNN had to foul the whole thing up by blinking and getting all scared of telling viewers the truth. Take a look at the headline that ran throughout the segment:
"Did he get his facts straight," CNN asks.
But really, this is not a question. This is not open to debate, He did get his facts wrong. What's more, this wasn't a situation where Rudy, acting in good faith, accidentally fumbled his facts, as the hed meekly suggests. As has already been reported, Rudy took his stats from a bogus source and didn't check them against reputable ones. And not only were his assertions completely debunked, but the original source of Rudy's data came out and claimed that Rudy was full of it.
On top of that -- and this is the key -- after Rudy's assertions were widely and conclusively debunked, his campaign openly asserted that they were going to keep running the ad with the false stats, anyway. This wasn't merely an accidental fumble of a few numbers. Rather, the Rudy campaign is willfully and continuously lying about the most important domestic issue facing the country right now.
I'm gonna say it one more time: CNN and other journalists, Rudy and his campaign think you're all a bunch of easily-played chumps. They have total contempt for the truth and for all the things that led you to enter this profession. America's Mayor lied to America. Don't be afraid to say so. This is damn serious stuff.
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