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Topic: My Petraeus interview
firestorm silly, off-base |
My Petraeus interview
firestorm silly, off-base
Fox News, by K.T. McFarland
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Posted By:JoniTx, 12/4/2012 8:43:54 PM
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| The past 24 hours have taught me more about the media than all my years working for Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan, or contributing to Fox News. A conversation that began in jest and that led to a passing comment at the end of my interview with General David Petraeus has turned into a firestorm of speculation and an attempt to denigrate Fox. In April 2011 I visited Afghanistan, and sat down for an interview with Petraeus in his office at ISAF Headquarters in Kabul. I had been to Afghanistan two years before, and concluded
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
PLPointer67, 12/4/2012 9:25:20 PM (No. 9048884)
Perhaps K.T. McFarland´s article is totally for ´in the belt-way´ folks, but she makes some great points at the end of her story.
FTA: "So who taped the [off the record] interview? Why did they keep it hidden away for the last 18 months? Why was it released at this time to a Washington Post reporter?"
Who is ´Deep Throat´ here?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
thelmalou, 12/4/2012 11:29:30 PM (No. 9049078)
Glad she put the truth out there.
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