Facts matter
Posted by Ron Coleman on December 4, 2007
From Shannon Love, the distaff-side “Chicago Boy” :
Instapundit links to an article by Melanie Scarborough that purports to show that either a telecom engineer or the Bush administration is lying about the domestic “wiretapping” with the clear implication that Bush is the liar.
Unfortunately, her premise is based on a complete misunderstanding of how modern telecommunication works. Both parties are telling the truth.
It depends on the actual, physical, boots-on-the-ground facts. Something that journalists, and a lot of the rest of us, hardly ever care about before slinging our opinions.
Ara Rubyan said
Instapundit links to an article by Melanie Scarborough that purports to show that either a telecom engineer or the Bush administration is lying about the domestic “wiretapping”
So we’ve come to this: we’re actually debating whether or not the word of the President of the United States of America has more credibility than that of a single telecom engineer.
Ron Coleman said
I think that is one completely thick way to describe it, yes, Ara.
Jack. said
“Facts matter”
In the modern world I’m not sure that’s a completely accurate statement.
But then again, that’s just my opinion.