Drudge Report Update

Published: November 26, 2008, 9:15 am

For those of you who rely on the Drudge Report for your "news" here are the missing paragraphs from the story he copied/pasted (and gave no credit) from yesterday's Ria Novosti article "Russian Analyst Predicts Decline And Breakup Of USA".

"On the fate of the U.S. dollar, he said: "In 2006 a secret agreement was reached between Canada, Mexico and the U.S. on a common Amero currency as a new monetary unit. This could signal preparations to replace the dollar. The one-hundred dollar bills that have flooded the world could be simply frozen. Under the pretext, let's say, that terrorists are forging them and they need to be checked."

When asked how Russia should react to his vision of the future, Panarin said: "Develop the ruble as a regional currency. Create a fully functioning oil exchange, trading in rubles... We must break the strings tying us to the financial Titanic, which in my view will soon sink."

This wasn't a mistake because he included the last sentence that followed these paragraphs in the original Ria Novosti article.

Someone here at LP suggested I check out Matt Drudge's site for a good source of news. I don't think so. When a news outlet shapes the news by editing it to convey the viewpoint the outlet wants, it is not a good source of news, it is propaganda. (Fox News?) Plus it is terrible form for a journalist not to give credit to the original source of their news articles that they are printing verbatim.

The original article appears here: http://en.rian.ru/world/20081124/118512713.html

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Tenaj - Nov 26, 2008, 9:38 am

Thanks Rick G.

Rick G - Nov 26, 2008, 9:50 am

Some may ask why this is important. In the first omitted paragraph he states that the secret agreement to replace the dollar with the amero happened in 2006. This was done during the CURRENT administration. When the amero becomes our new dollar it will be more convenient for Drudge to blame the Obama administration.

News reporting is a very subtle way to influence public opinion. One must hunt for all the facts because the journalists are not providing them as they should.

Rick G - Nov 26, 2008, 11:18 am

Here is a related article to the original Ria Novosti article (which is more important than Matt Drudge's reporting of it). The gist is that illegal immigration has a lot to do with his USA breakup prediction.

http://www.alipac.us/article-3766-thread-1-0.html

TigerAngel - Nov 26, 2008, 1:28 pm

Wow, thanx for the heads up.

time*treat - Nov 26, 2008, 1:42 pm

Too bad most americans wouldn't dare look at a 'foreign' site for their info.
That's why I've taken to spelling MSM coverage as "faux newz". 'We distort. You comply.' :-)

jarasan - Nov 26, 2008, 2:06 pm

Leaving things out like the tug boats that followed the Russian ships down to Venezuela? Who reported that? You didn't see that did you? on the Venezuelan or Russian news or for that matter most news orgs.................Oh Yeah they are referred to as "support vessels". Most Russian military equipment is junk, just like the rest of the crap they make. The only thing that is going to fall apart is one of ships on exercise and they'll do everything possible to hide it. The AK rifle is an exception, kudos.

My uncle died in a POS Russian built vehicle, "mechanical failure".................Russian junk, Chinese junk, North Korean junk, Cuban cigars not junk, why do you think they are constantly thieving technology from here USAmerica?

Personally my favorite was the Barney Ruble.

justxploring - Nov 26, 2008, 6:40 pm

The Drudge Report consistently omitted critical information throughout the recent election.

Rick G - Nov 26, 2008, 9:04 pm

Hi Nancy!

emilyg - Nov 27, 2008, 12:27 am

You wnt real news? Go to BBc.

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