WaPo

Downie went up against Massing on the Newshour last night. I was struck by Downie's claim that the WaPo had "truth-squaded" Powell's speech after he gave it. I can't quite find the part he's talking about in Nexis, though that doesn't mean it isn't there, but let's go through the Washington Post headlines from Feb. 6, 2003, from every story which contained the words "Powell" and "speech" and which seemed at all relevant:

Powell Lays Out Case Against Iraq; Evidence Shows Hussein Foiled Inspections, Secretary Tells U.N (A01)

At Council, Political Theater (A01)

Satellite Images, Communications Intercepts and Defectors' Briefing (A01)

Data on Efforts to Hide Arms Called 'Strong Suit' of Speech (A28)

Despite Defectors' Accounts, Evidence Remains Anecdotal (A28)

Case Aided by Satellite Images And Intercepted Conversations (A28)

Doubts Remain About Purpose Of Specialized Aluminum Tubes (A29)

Work on New Drones, Missiles Called Example of 'Persistence' (A29)

Agency Coordination Helps Yield Details on Al Qaeda 'Associate' (A29)

Army Readies Copters For Gulf; Rumsfeld Reveals New Budget Crisis (A31)

Telling Secrets: Not Just What, but How; Speech Is Revealing on Gathering Intelligence (A23)

'A Policy of Evasion and Deception' (A24)

The Smoking Gun; Khidhir Hamza Tried to Help Iraq Make a Nuclear Bomb. (C01)

Speech Fails to Budge Europeans From Their Divergent Positions (A30)

Congress's Overall Opinion Is Positive; But Some Members Say It's Still Too Soon for War (A30)



From the editorial page:

EDITORIAL; Pg. A36, 599 words, Irrefutable

EDITORIAL; Pg. A37, 837 words, An Old Trooper's Smoking Gun, Jim Hoagland

EDITORIAL; Pg. A37, 799 words, I'm Persuaded, Mary McGrory

EDITORIAL; Pg. A37, 824 words, Disregarding the Deniers, George F. Will

EDITORIAL; Pg. A37, 764 words, A Winning Hand for Powell, Richard Cohen