Tuesday, September 10, 2002

Poor Sully. It just isn't one of his better days. As Howell Raines' little rag has replaced Clinton's Cock as Sully's "preciousssssss," his obsessive rantings have made him even sillier and less reliable than Kaus on the subject.



Consider this post today in which he compares the early headline/first paragraph of the Post's versus the Times' coverage of an identical story. The problem is, Sully links to the early version of the story. The final version, and the one which made it into print is here.

So, Sully:


From the Washington Post:


Iraq Lacks Material for Nuclear Bomb, Study Says
Biological Capacity Cited, But Report Stops Short Of Backing Military Action

By Glenn Frankel
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, September 10, 2002; Page A06


LONDON, Sept. 9 -- Iraq could produce a nuclear weapon "in a matter of months," but only if it manages to acquire fissile material from an outside source, according to a report issued today by an independent military and security research group here.




From the Raines Times:


"London Group Says Iraq Lacks Nuclear Material for Bomb

LONDON, Sept. 9 — Saddam Hussein has substantial stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and the capacity to expand production of them on short
notice, but Iraq will be unable to build a nuclear weapon for years unless it obtains radioactive material on the black market, a leading security affairs research
organization said today.



Such a difference.