CNN's Disingenuousness

A story from CNN came fresh off the wire late last night. I wrote a long post, and was about to publish it, but ended up erasing 1/2 hour of work. I didn't know why at the time. I do now.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The drive for a six-nation agreement to end North Korea's nuclear weapons program in exchange for energy supplies and security assurances is moving into high gear, but chief U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill said: "There is no agreement yet."

Considering Kim Jong Il has been playing this "game" since I was 16, I am just not feeling the rush from this "drive" in "high gear". I just don't believe Kim is going to do anything but what is best for Kim. If there is a deal, I will be automatically skeptical.

Hill said Tuesday the United States and its partners have offered North Korea a package deal, including civilian energy supplies and a U.S. promise not to attack, but were divided on whether North Korea should be permitted to retain a reactor to develop civilian nuclear energy.
Yea... they just need it sooooo BAD! The entire country has the same electricity consumption as Newfoundland.

"It is not a show-stopper," Hill said, implying the issue was unlikely to derail the pursuit of an agreement. In the U.S. view, "we have a set of measures that make it unnecessary for them to have a nuclear program," the assistant secretary of state said.
I think Christopher Hill is really solid, as he gives the facts without any media quotables...

So, obviously this is just not much of a story, so instead of just reporting facts, CNN decides it is time to "spice" up the article. Here is where I sensed something is amiss...

Even the idea of North Korea gaining diplomatic relations with the United States has received brief mention, along with the possibility of a peace treaty to officially end the Korean War of a half-century ago, Hill said.
Notice something missing? Quotation marks... perhaps?

At the same time, the senior U.S. official raised concerns about North Korea's intentions to enhance its nuclear capabilities and said the it had made a number of purchases of technology that need to be explained.
I hope he would "raise concerns". Why is he even there? What are these talks even about anyway?

He provided no details except to say the technology was not bought from a network headed by Pakistan's most prominent nuclear scientist, A.Q. Khan.
Oh? Well, since CNN wants to spin this as an issue of a U.S peace treaty RATHER than making it solely based on the issue of the D.P.R.K's nuclear weapons program...

It is a shame CNN's "story" has been rebutted today.

By General Pervez Musharraf HIMSELF!!!!