Check today's top story at WELT online:
Headline and photo of the story refer to a confession of the Hungarian President to have lied to the Hungarian public. The confession was unintentionally recorded during a secret session of his party. The unintentional recording was not mentioned in the summary shown above, though.
The second but last sentence of the WELT article reads:
> Head of government declares: "We have always lied in the last years."
Last sentence:
> George W. Bush, King of microphone glitches.
The WELT online presentation connects optically the confession of numerous lies by a head of governement to George W. Bush's mic glitches.
A not so hidden message...
Does this story even mention that the recording that was leaked was secretly recorded? There's a story for ya.
There's a coup going on in Hungary. This isn't about an open mike. It's about a meeting that was secretly recorded and leaked in order to foment a coup.
Congrats on mature journalist judgement.
Posted by: Pamela | September 19, 2006 at 08:39 PM
This is about an open idiot who didn't have his head in a hammer lock when he said they lied. And the weak attempt at a connection between Gyurcsany and Bush is actually laughable. I agree with the lack of maturity call.
Posted by: Mike H. | September 23, 2006 at 03:23 AM
A minor correction: It is not the "second but last sentence of the WELT article", but a link to a supposedly "relevant" article. Suggesting a connection is bad enough, though.
I can not find that article, BTW. Searching on site or by google for "Budapest Aggressivität Polizei" turns up blank.
Posted by: blue | September 25, 2006 at 11:15 AM