Bush Officials Bend Iraq Facts Till They Break Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2003
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It Isn't What It Is Spin tends to be examples of denial of reality in the form of either mischaracterization or the acknowledgment of only the facts you wish to acknowledge, playing up the most positive aspects if you're on defense or the most negative if you're on offense. In most instances, it can never be called "lying" outright, since most often you're just dealing with characterizations, which are never concrete things, just opinions.
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Bush Officials Bend Iraq Facts Till They Break The answer is important. Incompetence is one thing; a conscious decision by our top leaders to deceive us into war would be far more troubling. And getting to the truth will be difficult as long as Republican leaders in Congress refuse to conduct a full-scale investigation into the question.
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