Comments on: UPI reports attack on al-Doura power plant that never happened Updated

By: UPI reported on terrorist attack 2 days before it happened at aoortic! dot com

UPI reported on terrorist attack 2 days before it happened at aoortic! dot com — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:30:46 +0000

[...] UPI reports attack on al-Doura power plant that never happened There’s a minor problem with this story. According to a source we have on the scene who works at that plant, a person we have heard from before and have every reason to trust, the attack never happened. The plant is still in full operation. No fire truck was set ablaze. There was small arms fire in the area that night, but other than that, nothing. Nada. [...]

By: Cute

Cute — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:45:31 +0000

[...] reported an attack that didn’t happen on a power plant in Iraq. An attempt at one happened 2 days after the story, but naturally [...]

By: whatthecrap

whatthecrap — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:40:37 +0000

There was small arms fire in the area that night, but other than that, nothing. Nada.

Now, had there been a picture of -An elderly Iraqi woman shows two bullets which she says hit her house following an early coalition forces raid in the predominantly Shiite Baghdad suburb of Sadr City.- I might have believed it.

By: SoulGlo

SoulGlo — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:53:03 +0000

Lies, lies, and more lies. I guess we should come to expect that from a media that is controlled by liberals.

By: NoisyRoom.net » Blog Archive » Noisy News Around the Web - 09/04/2007…

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:57:55 +0000

[...] UPI reports attack on al-Doura power plant that never happened Updated – Hot Air [...]

By: Zorro

Zorro — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:16:17 +0000

The main stream media (MSM) never fail to disappoint.

By: RightWinged

RightWinged — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:08:20 +0000

Bryan,

The story is removed at the link you provide, but at the actual UPI web site, it still exists:

http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Energy/Briefing/2007/08/31/attack_on_baghdad_power_plant_hurts_sector/9362/

By: drunyan8315

drunyan8315 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:36:27 +0000

I think we have been very remiss in not thanking the leadership that has been responsible for the remarkable turnaround in Iraq, for preventing the attack on the power plant, and for protecting the fire truck.

All together now… Thanks, Nancy!!

By: auzerais

auzerais — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:35:26 +0000

There can only be one explanation for this pro-terrorist article:

Helen Thomas has resumed her reportage for UPI

By: infidel4life

infidel4life — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:03:47 +0000

“Reporting is easy when you don’t have to worry about the facts.”
- Chris Wallace

By: pedestrian

pedestrian — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:32:34 +0000

That fire truck just sitting there and not putting out the fire is one of the 11 of 18 goals that the Iraqi government has failed at.

By: JiangxiDad

JiangxiDad — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:21:02 +0000

Actually, UPI still has the story on their homepage, on the right hand side under the heading, “Energy Resources”. Has been there for the past few hours at least

By: JinxMcHue

JinxMcHue — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:15:08 +0000

re: the update – Exaggeration is still false reporting. See also: the Lancet’s bogus estimate for the number of Iraqi deaths.

By: TABoLK

TABoLK — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:12:34 +0000

Well we know Scott Beauchamp didn’t report it…

because the firefighters weren’t mocking a colleague who had been severely burned.

By: pedestrian

pedestrian — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:03:37 +0000

Well we know Scott Beauchamp didn’t report it or it would have talked about how the fire truck had swerved to cut a dog in half on the way to put out the fire.

By: Merovign

Merovign — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:00:28 +0000

The correct form of address when speaking to a reporter is, “Hey, stupid!”

They haven’t issued a correction…

By: JinxMcHue

JinxMcHue — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:56:30 +0000

So did the UPI report inspire the terrorists or did the terrorists inspire the UPI report? One has to wonder if the UPI got wind of the attack somehow (directly from the terrorists?) and tried to scoop it, but either they or the terrorists got the date wrong. The Earth Times page is gone (imagine that), but here's another version: Attack on Baghdad power plant hurts sector And cached: Attack on Baghdad power plant hurts sector

By: Confederate Yankee

Confederate Yankee — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:51:01 +0000

There They Go Again…

Over at Hot Air, Bryan has a nice catch this morning about UPI-alleged attack on a power-generating plant in southern Baghdad. Bryan has a contact that works at the plant, and states it was not attacked when UPI ran the……

By: TABoLK

TABoLK — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:49:24 +0000

My link still works, and goes straight to the UPI website.

But they did delete my comment. Hey, Bryan, stand by for traffic from UPI. Maybe they’ll report a denial of service on you a couple of days before ~~they~~ someone does it to you.

By: That Mythical Place Called “The MSM’s Iraq” : The Sundries Shack

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:42:08 +0000

[...] Meanwhile, in Iraq, the MSM (this time United Press International) is again reporting stuff that didn’t happen. This time the culprit is the United Press International and the made-up story is an attack that reportedly disabled the al-Doura power plant. [...]

By: Defector01

Defector01 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:36:32 +0000

ITS ALL ROVE AND CHENEY’S FAULT!!!!
Nothing happened? Well….its still their fault damn it!

By: StoutRepublican

StoutRepublican — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:16:23 +0000

Maybe it’s just me, but the link now clicks through as not existing.

By: geckomon

geckomon — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:05:15 +0000

One theory about this false report is the person in the Ministry of Electricity may have had prior knowledge about an attack, and called his contact in the media prematurely.

Interestingly, two days after the UPI report hit the wires, there was an attack on the plant.

Now if they’d only print next weeks Powerball numbers . . .

By: The Big Picture(s): More Spurious Bad News [Karl]

The Big Picture(s): More Spurious Bad News [Karl] — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:54:47 +0000

[...] UPI reports on an attack and shutdown at the al-Doura power plant, which apparently did not happen. [...]

By: TABoLK

TABoLK — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:53:48 +0000

I just posted this at the UPI site:
“www.hotair.com rebuts this report. You may want your ‘multiple layers of fact checking and editorial control’ start working on correcting this story. The interesting part is that there was apparently an attack on the power plant — 2 days after this report was filed.
And you wonder why reporters are trusted to a lesser degree than used car salesmen.”
They still have it available at:
http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Energy/Briefing/2007/08/31/attack_on_baghdad_power_plant_hurts_sector/9362/