Michelle Malkin notes that there are now five groups that have been "unable to confirm the existence of a Captain Jamil Hussein at Yarmouk." Besides her, the "other four are CPATT, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior (MOI), Marc Danzinger's team, and Eason Jordan's team."
Possible candidates for "Captain Jamil Hussein": Jamil Gholaiem Hussein, Jamil Ghdaab Gulaim, Jamil Ghdaab Ghulaim, or indeed Jamil Hussein, but not as a police captain, but instead as a Sergeant.
A little bit of "Hussein" here, a shade of "Gulaim" there... When you are never obligated to prove your claims, why not throw in a little "Gholaiem" as well?
It should be clear from all of this that AP writers are merely story painters, with palettes as large as the earth itself. A painting can be made, or a "trend" created, out of stringing together facts from any set of random people in the world. If you wanted to write a story claiming the 1920s-era flapper style is now all the rage, a shade of "teenager Sarah Wilson likes flapper clothes" here, a touch of "fashion watchers are observing..." there, and you've made a whole new painting out of shoddy-at-best sources, ones you'll likely never have to verify. In the process, you've just proven the existence of the biggest thing to hit the fashion world since blue jeans.


















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December 22, 2006 - 16:36 ET by directorblueI find it interesting that the AP's Ali Akbar Dareini -- in today's article about Iran's president Ahmadinejad -- failed to mention his most outrageous statements this week. It's like the AP couldn't care less.
Painters of Fiction
December 22, 2006 - 19:19 ET by cziganIt's the enemedia's new version of Jayson Blair.
"Be responsible for your words and actions." my Dad
I keep praying the rightwing
December 23, 2006 - 05:58 ET by joe conservativeI keep praying the rightwing cheerleaders of the war, OReilly, Hannity, Limbaugh would have the guts to report outside of the Green Zone on the "good stories" of Iraq.
What the hell does that have
December 23, 2006 - 07:03 ET by GeepersWhat the hell does that have to do with the Associated Press just making shit up?
The AP story shows how right
December 23, 2006 - 07:17 ET by joe conservativeThe AP story shows how right wingers will admit obvious facts now and again, but they'll still continue to advance theories at odds with those obvious facts.
Apperantly joe's been in the
December 23, 2006 - 08:10 ET by GeepersApperantly joe's been in the hard cider.