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Date Posted: 15:59:01 02/28/03 Fri
Author: NKLS Cody
Subject: Did u see Ari on CBS rebutting Saddam?
In reply to: Jay Hovah 's message, "Ari Fleischer gets a laugh (at bottom)" on 09:53:07 02/28/03 Fri

The obvious answer is "no" because CBS and Dan Rather didn't want any part of the low-life. They preferred someone that can actually respond to some of the matters raised by the Iraqi dictator, or have it reflect poorly on the Bush misadmistration if they can't--not just a semi-serious tap dance that completely skirts the concerns presented. Millions of people are about to lose their lives, so why not pair one unelected leader of the country about to be destroyed with a similarly unelected leader of the country about to do most of the bombing?

White House, CBS Differ on Saddam Counter


Thu Feb 27, 8:19 AM ET Add White House - AP to My Yahoo!

WASHINGTON - The White House sought to have an administration official counter Saddam Hussein's claims in an interview with CBS' Dan Rather, but could not reach agreement with the network on the right person to do it.

Much of the interview aired Wednesday night on "60 Minutes II."

Presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer said the White House contacted the show early in the week to ask if an administration official could give a response. The show responded that "unless it was the president of the United States, the answer was no," Fleischer said.

Sandy Genelius, a CBS spokeswoman, said the show's executive producer did not tell the White House initially that "it was President Bush or nothing," only that the president would be an acceptable alternative to the White House's offer for Fleischer to appear at the end of every Saddam segment.

After Fleischer's briefing, CBS said it would include either Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) or Secretary of State Colin Powell in its broadcast. Fleischer declined to say whether the White House would take the network up on that offer.

Genelius said the administration countered by offering either Fleischer or White House communications director Dan Bartlett, which the network deemed inappropriate for the show. At that point, the discussion seemed to end, she said.

"We're going to give the interview itself ample context," Genelius said.

Fleischer complimented Rather's questioning of Saddam as a "serious journalistic interview." At the same time, he said, "I think the American media generally are going to be facing some interesting and difficult decisions as Iraq puts people out to engage in propaganda."

It was not the first media warning from the White House.

In October 2001, just weeks after the terrorist attacks on Washington and New York, the White House cautioned television networks to be careful about showing videotaped messages from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his organization.

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