Remember the whole flap CNN's Kagan started about the video tape of the kid who fell asleep while listening to Bush speak? Now that we hear she's seeing Rush, this should be reexamined. Was it Rush who told her the tape was doctored?
http://www.campaigndesk.org/archives/000362.aspA minor stew has brewed this week between David Letterman, CNN, and the White House over the veracity of a film clip of a Bush campaign speech that Letterman aired on Monday night.
All the facts are still not clear, and unless either the White House or CNN start responding to inquiries, they may never be -- but as of now, it appears that CNN is the goat of the story.
It all began Monday when Letterman ran an almost-comical clip of a March 20 Bush campaign speech that showed a kid, standing behind and off to the right of the president, relentlessly yawning and fidgeting through the president's speech. The people clustered around the president and the child seem utterly unaware of the youngster's antics as the president earnestly drones on. Letterman thought the situation amusing, and titled the film clip "George W. Bush Invigorating America's Youth."
The next day CNN picked up on the fun and replayed the clip twice during mid-day broadcasts, with additional "reporting." The clip first played ten minutes before noon, just prior to a commercial break. When CNN came back from commercial anchor Daryn Kagan had this to say, "All right, had a good giggle before the break, that video from David Letterman. We're being told by the White House that the kid, as funny as he was, was edited into that video, which would explain why the people around him weren't really reacting. So that from the White House."
About two hours later CNN replayed the clip, and this time, anchor Kyra Phillips had a different story, "OK. We're told that that kid was there at that event, but not necessarily standing behind the president. So you can put it all together."
THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE LIES.