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Rumsfeld To Reporters: Why Don't You Report The News, Not What "Might Be" The News?

Reporters, as always, are trying to do press conference battle with Rummy... And as always, he's mopping the floor with them, busting their partisan BS all over the place.

I wish I had the video of this, but I thought I'd at least share the line I just heard with you all. After many minutes reporters trying to insist that the military is broken and Rummy destroying them all, someone asked another stupid question and Rumsfeld's response (just half listening to it in the background) was:

"Why Don't You Report The News, Not What "Might Be" The News?"

Classic Rumsfeld, I hope someone got the video.

UPDATE: Video can be found at The Pentagon Channel. Thanks reader Elephants in Academia for providing that link in a comment below. Check out his post on the topic. He has some great insight, and wonders why some more important questions weren't asked instead... Also, a note about the video: It's the entire briefing, not just the specific clip I mention in this post.

 

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That was the worst press conference in Pentagon history--I just posted something similar. Is there some way we could ask some questions some time? I know I'm a rank amateur, but there are some defense issues (Venezuela, Iran) that I would really like some more information on, and I don't much care (because I think I already know) what Rumsfeld thinks of Perry or Krepenevich.

Video is available here

http://pentagonchannel.feedroom.com/iframeset.jsp?ord=462183

Cheers!

Thanks for the link. Rumsfield chewed them up and spit them out. You have to love it.

He seems to really have a way of making the left handed press look as dumb as they really are.

He made it very clear they were asking questions based on conjecture and inuendo and really had no idea what they were talking about.

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