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Katie Couric in speaking to the National Press Club scolded Dan Rather for being such an oaf when it came to doing journalism basics:
After evidence emerged that the story’s primary documents were possibly faked or forged, Rather stated on air that “if I knew then what I know now, I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question.”
Couric took Rather to task for his reporting. “There were things in there that were quite egregious in terms of how it was reported,” she said. “And sloppy work is sloppy work…They did not dot their I’s and cross their T’s when it came to that story…And our job is to get right.”
She also evidently knows the exact content of everyone's mind in the room she was speaking in front of:
“Everyone in this room would agree that people in this country were misled in terms of the rationale of this war,” said Couric, adding that it is “pretty much accepted” that the war in Iraq was a mistake.
It seems to me that the only thing we didn't get was the high volume of weapons that Saddam had moved to Syria and Iran. It seems to me that Mr. El Baradei's confirmation that Saddam was reigniting his nuclear program, that Saddam was giving safe haven to Al Qaeda, and the fact that he was throwing his political opponents into tree chipping equipment was all pretty darn good reasons to do what we've done.
But wait... I wasn't IN the same room as the new Ms. Clairvoyant.