All the news that fits II

National Review tags Elisabeth Bumiller. She wrote:

Mr. Bush has been careful not to go on a direct attack against a publicly grieving mother like Ms. Sheehan . . .. Still, he said last week that protesters like her were weakening the United States and emboldening terrorists

Just one problem. What Bush actually said was, "[T]hose who advocate immediate withdrawal from not only Iraq but the Middle East would be — are advocating a policy that would weaken the United States."

What I wonder is, if that's good enough for Bumiller, and obviously it is, since she wrote it, is it also good enough for Bumiller that those who relentlessly repeat bad news to the exclusion of good news, when the perception of whether things are going well or badly influences the creation of that good or bad news, are calling for the bad news to prevail? Somehow I think she'd object to that, and so would the New York Times, and that's why she and the New York Times are liberal hacks not believed by anyone other than liberals.