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I would say this is a far more regrettable situation for Milbank than Obama ... parsing a subjects comment to change its meaning is a propagandist's game ... not a respectable journalists.
From Wikipedia:
"Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people. As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense presents information in order to influence its audience. Propaganda often presents facts selectively (thus lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or gives loaded messages in order to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda
It is hard to argue with the definition of what Mr. Milbank and his Editor at the Washington Post allowed in this case.
I would release a clarification at least if I were the Washington Post ... missteps like this reflect on the character and credibility of the paper as a whole ... and although Mr Milbank holds blogs in such low esteem, hopefully someone at the Washington Post is taking into account what is being discussed online regarding this issue. It's in their best interests.
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