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Leave it to the Daily Kos to show what is wrong with the Clinton News Network (CNN).  The writer gloats over Wolf Blitzer’s treatment of a sitting member of Congress, who came back to report what he had seen in Fallujah.  What Wolf does is to show CNN’s utter disreguard for journalistic integrity.  This poor excuse for a newsman continues to show his bias against Republicans, President Bush, and the war. 

This pseudo interview between Wolf Blitzer and Representative Charles Boustany took place in Blitzer’s Situation Room.  I am sure the Congressman did not know what he was walking into.  Obviously, Boustany was blindsided.

BOUSTANY: We’re clearly seeing some major improvements. Clearly in the Anbar Province, we’ve seen significant improvement. We were able to walk the streets of Fallujah. Sectarian deaths are down.

BLITZER: And Congressman Boustany, you say that the number of casualties is going down. But we took a closer look — and The Los Angeles Times did as well — citing Iraqi Health Ministry numbers. In June, it was 1,227 civilian deaths in Iraq. In July, it went up to 1,753 civilian deaths in Iraq. And in August, the month that just ended, 1,773 civilian deaths in Iraq. Those numbers are going in the wrong direction.

BOUSTANY: Well, I think what I mentioned earlier, Wolf, was the number of attacks. And, clearly, we have to look at all the metrics very carefully.

BLITZER: But statistics — you can play a lot of room with statistics. In terms of dead people, civilians, Iraqi dead people, those numbers are high and they’re getting worse, despite the increased military troop levels of the United States, the so-called surge having been in effect over the past couple of months.

BOUSTANY: Well, Wolf, I want to point out that just two or three months ago, I would have never thought that four members of Congress would be able to walk through the streets of Fallujah. That’s a major…

BLITZER: But you had a lot of security with you. You had a lot of U.S. military protection.

BOUSTANY: We had a platoon of Marines.

BLITZER: Yes, well, a platoon of Marines is a lot of Marines to walk through Fallujah. That’s not like…

BOUSTANY: But, Wolf, three months ago, two months ago, not even that could have happened so I think that’s…

BLITZER: I was in Fallujah two years ago, and it was a bad situation then. But some argue that maybe there’s a slight improvement right now, but it’s still very dangerous.

BOUSTANY: I would argue that the improvement is major.

BLITZER: And if you didn’t have a platoon of Marines with you, you couldn’t be walking around by yourself.

It is any wonder that CNN continues to lose viewers to Fox News?  Any statistics can be twisted around, which Blitzer does with glee.  He ignores all evidence to the contrary and sticks to the Democratic talking points.  In spite of what this ‘newsman’ says, most evidence points to progress in Iraq.  What Wolf Blitzer, Keith Olbermann, and others of their ilk do is to continue to show themselves for what they truly are: liberal lapdogs for the Democratic party masquerading as journalists.

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