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June 09, 2005
USA Today And The Downing Street Memo'
Editor & Publisher noted June 8, 2005 that, "In a report on President Bush's joint press conference late yesterday afternoon with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, USA Today for the first time mentioned the so-called Downing Street Memo, first reported in London's Sunday Times on May 1, and explained why the Gannett flagship had not previously covered the memo story."
"The Downing Street Memo is reported to be minutes of a July 2002 meeting among Blair and some of his top intelligence and national-security aides," Editor & Publisher added. "One of the aides reportedly told Blair at the meeting that the Bush administration has already decided to go to war with Iraq and was looking for justification. "Intelligence and facts were being fixed" to make war appear inevitable, the memo reportedly stated. Its veracity has not been contested by No. 10 Downing Street."
See 'USA Today' Defends Lack of Coverage for Downing Street Memo" for more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at June 9, 2005 06:29 AM
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