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As Rachel Weiner pointed out earlier on these pages, Giuliani isn't the first Republican to make this mistake. So, at the very least, Good Morning America can now write a "trend piece" on forgetting the basic facts of September 11th.
5 mainstream media weighed in on a similar topic
2 Months Ago,
Faiz Shakir from Think Progress says
(in Liz Cheney Airs Hypocritical Attack Ad On Obama For Waiting ‘100 Hours’ To Respond To Terror Plot)
In their eagerness to place blame on President Obama for the attempted Christmas Day terrorist attack, Republicans have argued that the president waited too long to talk publicly about the matter. Karl Rove began the assault by complaining that Obama waited “72 hours before” addressin...
And
The Huffington Post News Team from Huffington Post says
(in Rudy Giuliani Spokesman Clarifies Statement, Gets It Wrong Again)
So, earlier this morning, an eye-popping moment on Good Morning America occurred when Rudy Giuliani appeared to forget that the September 11th Attacks occurred in... So, earlier this morning, an eye-popping moment on Good Morning America occurred when Rudy Giuliani appeared to forget t...
And
Steve Benen from Huffington Post says
(in Steve Benen: A Tale of Two Responses)
Rudy Giuliani said on CNN this week, "I think [Obama] has to make a major correction in the way he is dealing with terrorism because I think he has mishandled the situation. First of all, it was 10 days too late. This is something you react to immediately, not 10 days later after your vacation. Th...
And
G.L. from Media Matters for America says
(in Giuliani falsely claims "[w]e had no domestic attacks under Bush")
On Good Morning America, Rudy Giuliani falsely claimed that "[w]e had no domestic attacks under Bush. We've had one under Obama." In fact, while Giuliani and other conservative media figures have recently downplayed the number of attacks on the United States under former President Bush...
And
Matt Corley from Think Progress says
(in To Justify Hypocritical Attacks, Rudy Giuliani Claims The Shoe Bomber’s Attempted Attack Happened Before 9/11)
When King pointed out that “President Bush took six days once in a similar incident,” Giuliani responded that “six days is less than 10″ and that he believed “that six days was before the September 11th attack.” King then clarified that “Bush waited six days on the shoe bomber,” to which Giu...
Giuliani has recorded a new McCain robocall in which he suggests, in effect, that Barack Obama doesn't think sex offenders, drug dealers and murders should have to go to jail, according to Jennifer Henderson, a stay-at-home mom in Maine who tells us she received the call.
Thu, Oct 23 | from Crooks and Liars