[such-and-such gov't official] says they have "not seen a copy of the report" classic or lie?

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as in http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/26/afghanistan.deaths/index.html

happens all the time-- some independent report that the entire press has received & digested has "not yet been seen" by the gov't officials that it should most concern

is this one of the bold lies we routinely tolerate in politics? is it a white lie, better than saying "we haven't figured out how to react to this yet"?

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 26 May 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

officials may tell their advisors to not show them this kind of thing until they have also strategized how to handle it. Still, a bullshit dodge either way.

― dave's good arm (facsimile) (dave225.3), Friday, 26 May 2006 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

some independent report that the entire press has received & digested

Nowadays this process takes, what, five minutes from the point the report is released? And I hardly expect that the reporting source provides a final copy to the subject/victim of the report in advance. So entirely believable and probably fair in many cases. That said, I'm also sure that the scenario of avoiding the report until a response is ready happens all the time as well.

― pleased to mitya (mitya), Friday, 26 May 2006 17:05 (nineteen years ago)

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