FAIR comments on the common occurance of the media declaring a WMD find, then forgetting about it when it turns out to be false.

"Reporters should be cautious when preliminary tests seem to confirm the existence of banned weapons in Iraq, particularly since so many of these initial findings have not been borne out (see FAIR Action Alert, 3/25/03). ABC was aware of this, but still chose this story as its lead news item for two days. On Monday, April 28, the story had seemingly crumbled. But ABC's viewers were none the wiser: When the news was that ABC's "exclusive" had washed out, there was no mention of the story on the Monday or Tuesday broadcasts of World News Tonight."

Hey, I did see The Official News Channel of the Homeland declare the find to be false. At Midnight, MST.