spook of the ozarks

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Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Reporter repeats bogus story for contrast

Lifting this almost verbatim from Dan Froomkin's White House Briefing in the Post:

Remember all the fuss when President Clinton's haircut aboard Air Force One reportedly shut down two runways at LAX for about an hour? [spook: How could we forget? Remember when the report was debunked? We do.]
The New York Times reports that the longest runway at the Las Cruces, N.M., airport "has been closed since President Bush made a campaign stop in August 2004."
... "It has gouges six inches deep and a hundred yards long, which the city says were put there by two Air Force cargo planes accompanying the president. Las Cruces put the damage at $2.1 million."
The Air Force, which had been warned that their planes were too heavy, is now offering $600,000 for repairs.
Bush at the time was on an intensive three-day fundraising trip that netted him $4.6 million.

1 Comments:

  • At 5:10 PM, Blogger greyhair said…

    I saw that Froomkin blew it too. Glad you found the story. I, for one, have saved your source for future reference as I'm SURE it will come up again, and again, and again.......

    Good work.

     

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