The White House wins on headlines.
By the construction of the Iraq report, terming progress "satisfactory," the White House is able to claim "mixed" results.
In reality, no benchmarks have been met, but the White House has won the headlines war with much of the media even adopting the White House's word "mixed" success.
(AP) Report on Iraq shows mixed results
(Reuters) Bush says no shift on Iraq yet, report is mixed
(WaPo) White House Gives Iraq Mixed Marks in Report
(NYTimes) Report on Iraq Sees Progress; Bush Rejects Troop Pullout
The White House couldn't have hoped for better. I'll be curious to see the level of truthsquadding.
(And, why do we love McClatchy? Because they're actually doing the "on the ground" analysis.
From yesterday: "Here is the full list of 18 benchmarks set by Congress in May, with a short description by McClatchy of the status of each.")
In reality, no benchmarks have been met, but the White House has won the headlines war with much of the media even adopting the White House's word "mixed" success.
(AP) Report on Iraq shows mixed results
(Reuters) Bush says no shift on Iraq yet, report is mixed
(WaPo) White House Gives Iraq Mixed Marks in Report
(NYTimes) Report on Iraq Sees Progress; Bush Rejects Troop Pullout
The White House couldn't have hoped for better. I'll be curious to see the level of truthsquadding.
(And, why do we love McClatchy? Because they're actually doing the "on the ground" analysis.
From yesterday: "Here is the full list of 18 benchmarks set by Congress in May, with a short description by McClatchy of the status of each.")
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