facts? check!
by John at 10/01/2004 04:25:00 PM
CJR Campaign Desk has a run-down of post-debate fact checking from major news media.
Anyway, something is bugging me. Several of the fact checkers have cited this line by Kerry:
And now we see beheadings. And we got weapons of mass destruction crossing the border every single day, and they're blowing people up.
And the fact checkers say, "What's he talking about? WMD crossing the border?"
Do they all not understand metaphor? The WMDs are the suicide bombers, who are widely believed to be non-Iraqis (and therefore must cross the border into Iraq), and who are blowing people up almost everyday.
Perhaps he should have used a simile.
Anyway, something is bugging me. Several of the fact checkers have cited this line by Kerry:
And now we see beheadings. And we got weapons of mass destruction crossing the border every single day, and they're blowing people up.
And the fact checkers say, "What's he talking about? WMD crossing the border?"
Do they all not understand metaphor? The WMDs are the suicide bombers, who are widely believed to be non-Iraqis (and therefore must cross the border into Iraq), and who are blowing people up almost everyday.
Perhaps he should have used a simile.
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