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http://select.nytimes.com/2006/09/17/opinion/17rich.html?pagewanted=print

Addressing ABC’s “Path to 9/11” and Bush’s 9/11 address, Rich says, “President Bush’s 9/11 address on Monday night interrupted ABC’s ‘Path to 9/11’ so seamlessly that a single network disclaimer served tham both: ‘For dramatic and narrative purposes, the movie contains fictionalized scenes, composite and representative characters and dialogue, as well as time compression.”

Rich says that, “You’d think that after having been caught concocting the scenario that took the nation to war in Iraq, the White House would mind the facts now. But this administration understands our culture all too well…If you’re a White House stuck in a quagmire in an election year, what’s the percentage in starting to tell the truth now? It’s better to game the system…[so] the untruths are flying so fast that untangling them can be a full-time job.”