MUST-SEE SADDAM.(journalist Dan Rather criticized for not pushing Saddam Hussein during interview that flattered Hussein)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 10-MAR-03

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Saddam Hussein looks good in a suit, doesn't he? What was that green notebook on the table for? He holds a pen in his right hand--guess that means he's right-handed. The pen: isn't that a Uni-Ball Vision, the one where you can see how much ink is left in the barrel? Do they have a Staples in Baghdad? These thoughts were about all that was inspired by the actual content of Dan Rather's "60 Minutes II"interview with the President of Iraq; the missing content of Operation Desert Kiss-Up was much more interesting. Rather, who worked for more than a year to arrange the interview, was congratulated by some journalists for the "get”: he was the first American...

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