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Ärende: Murtha
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http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/27/murtha-quote/

Murtha Attacked by the Right For Quote Falsely Attributed to Him

UPDATE: Multiple ThinkProgress readers report that Gail Bulfin of 
the Sun-Sentinel admits the paperƒ€Ös report was inaccurate and says 
a correction will be printed tomorrow.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported on Sunday that Rep. John 
Murtha (D-PA) had claimed that the United States is the greatest 
threat to peace in the world:

    American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace 
than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran, U.S. Rep. John 
Murtha, D-Pa., said to a crowd of more than 200 in North Miami 
Saturday afternoon.

Though the Sun-Sentinel never provided a direct quote of Murtha, 
the story was featured on the Drudge Report and Murtha immediately 
came under attack from conservative pundits:

    Bill Oƒ€ÖReilly, Fox News, 6/26:

    Murtha has lost all perspective and did months ago, but his 
message is firmly entrenched in Americaƒ€Ös far-left precincts. ƒ€| 
[T]hat kind of extreme thinking, based on little evidence, 
by the way, is putting all Americans in danger.

    Tucker Carlson, MSNBC, 6/26:

    What is really going on here, and you know it as well as I, 
is that Jack Murtha has been intoxicated by the amount of 
publicity that he has gotten from his anti-war crusade, and he 
has become progressively more unreasonable, progressively more 
left-wing as the days go on, and he is in the thrall of people 
who, I think, have hostility towards the United States.

    Newt Gingrich, Fox News, 6/26:

    For an American congressman to say that is beyond any 
acceptable behavior, and I would hope the Congress would 
move to censure him.

One problem: Murtha apparently never said anything of the sort. 
What he did was cite a Pew poll released two weeks ago showing 
that people around the world, including in closely-allied 
countries like Great Britain, believe the U.S. is the greatest 
threat to peace.

A statement released by Murthaƒ€Ös office today quotes an email 
from Melissa Sanchez of the Miami Herald, who also attended the 
speech, saying of the purported Murtha ƒ€œquoteƒ€�: ƒ€œThat was in 
reference to international polls. It was not so much his own 
conjecture, but a conclusion drawn from polls in various 
countries.ƒ€� ThinkProgress confirmed with Murthaƒ€Ös office that 
the email accurately reflects the views of reporters at the 
Miami Herald.
[snip]

Once again the wingnuts demonstrate their uncanny ability to 
run off at the mouth sans brin being engaged.

How does it feel to be part of the ignorant, libel & lie 
miscreants crowd John?

Consummate Corruptables, the conservative wing of the Republican 
Party working diligently to bring down the America of The 
Founders.




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