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In late May, the New York Times published a mea culpa, in which it apologized for some of its reporting on WMDs in Iraq. It said its reporting was "not as rigorous as it should have been." It began a July editorial, "Over the last few months, this page has repeatedly demanded that President Bush acknowledge the mistakes his administration made when it came to the war in Iraq, particularly its role in misleading the American people about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and links with Al Qaeda…"

But now, with almost 400,000 tons of explosives having been neutralized or secured, they go into a full-overdrive assault over 380 tons-or three, as was reported on Wednesday, because the Iraqis may have overestimated the amount actually inventoried-in a war in which they opposed and still do?

Let the Gray Lady apply the standard to itself with which it criticized Mr. Bush in July. Acknowledge its mistake now, fully. Even if they did that, they've disqualified themselves from being known as a news organization. They forfeited that privilege long ago.

p>As for Rather and his allies, the pajamahadeen are just lying in wait out here in the Internet bushes, waiting to strike. br> -- C. Kenna Amos br> Princeton, West Virginia /p>

The fact that President Bush isn't behind by a wide margin in the polls hopefully suggests that the majority of voters see through the fraud that is being perpetrated by the likes of CBS News, the New York Times, et. al.

p>The fact that President Bush isn't leading by a wide margin in the polls sadly suggests that the majority of voters lack the intellectual honesty to understand that Kerry isn't qualified, by virtue of his record (which speaks volumes, despite his campaign platitudes), to lead our post 9/11 nation. It's our security, stupid! br> -- Cathy Thorpe br> Columbus, Georgia /p>

I am afraid we conservatives are losing the battle for the hearts and minds partly because of our own shortcomings. Each time we call the media "mainstream" and, when unmasking a lie, hastily add the exonerating qualifier, "well-intentioned," we perpetuate the myth of a media that strives mightily to be objective while occasionally straying from the straight and narrow because of excessive journalistic zeal or otherworldly naiveté. Sort of "they know not what they are doing." I think it is a grave mistake, for the left is quite clear in its intentions. The battlelines have long been drawn, and it's only our fastidiousness that prevents us from calling it like it is. It's high time we stopped giving the enemy the benefit of the doubt and started calling a spade a spade. Rep. Peter King hit the nail on the head when he called the UN-N.Y. Times-CBS nexus "the axis of evil" on Fox News' H & C show. The so-called mainstream media should be mercilessly exposed as the Agitprop, the propaganda arm of the DNC. And as an added bonus, we will enjoy greater respect from the enemy.

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