More on the WaPo Coverage of Bush, Iran

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1:22 PM, Mar 22, 2008 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB

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Michael Rubin has a good write-up at the Corner. I covered this yesterday here, but what I didn't know until reading Rubin:

To support dismissing President Bush's stated concerns, they cite Joseph Cirincione. Fair enough, but wouldn't basic integrity mandate that they mention that Cirincione is not a disinterested analyst, but rather is advising Barack Obama?

That would seem like useful information for the Post to include. Instead, Cirincione is identified merely as an "expert on Iran and nuclear proliferation." His expert opinion: Bush's comments were "as uninformed as [Sen. John] McCain's statement that Iran is training al-Qaeda." That sounds objective...