Back in the Days of 'Mission Accomplished': How One Paper Covered Bush Declaration Four Years Ago

Today marks the fourth anniversary of President Bush's jet landing on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and his speech declaring major fighting in Iraq over, all in front of a giant "Mission Accomplished" banner. ... here are excerpts revealing how one newspaper, The New York Times, covered the event and aftermath four years ago. They include this nugget: "The Bush administration is planning to withdraw most United States combat forces from Iraq over ... Full Story »

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by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Great summary of which journalists were right (a lone letter to the editor writer probably wondering if he'd gone quite insane, Dexter Filkins and Ian Fisher) and who was repeating the Bush line (everyone else) on the first annual Codpiece Day four bloody years ago.

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