WAS CBS SUCKERED BY 'ANONYMOUS'?
John Sugg, Creative Loafing, 6/12/03
http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2003-06-12/fishwrapper.html
Beware, if you visit Gainesville, Ga., of the terrorist chickens, alleged
feathered friends of Osama bin Laden operating out of training camps (ok,
deep fryers) near the shores of Lake Lanier. So says CBS news' "60 minutes."
The "60 minutes" scenario, according to a breathless source on the
respected TV news magazine, is that maybe 10 million chickens are recruited
each year to become, um, martyrs for al-Qaeda. The loopy-sounding theory
(although stated as fact) is that chickens disappear from a poultry farm's
ledger books, and quicker than you can say "secret seasonings," the
proceeds are funneled to terrorist groups.
The venerable news program touts as its hallmark an abundance of diligent
research. But not apparently on the chicken/terrorism story.
No proof in any form is offered that even one chicken was "laundered," much
less that, as the network's source alleges, millions were.
Lawsuits filed this month in Atlanta and Washington claim much was amiss
with CBS's fact-checking -- mainly that the network didn't check facts
before it claimed several Muslim groups based in Herndon, Va., had
terrorist ties...
"Chicken is one of the things that no one can really track down," Katz says
to CBS' Simon. "If you say in one year that you lost 10 million chickens,
no one can prove it. They just died. You can't trace money with chickens."
The organizations were searched by customs agents last year. But, Katz
claims to be the international super spy (0.007?) Who donned a burkha and
penetrated Muslim groups -- the Virginia raids were her handiwork...
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