Episode #720: August 6, 2003

Topics covered:

• Alex misreports the circumstances of both the recent bombing in Jakarta as well as the 2002 bombings in Bali

• Alex fails to provide any context regarding advance warnings about bombings in Indonesia

• Alex misreports a Guardian story about Saudi Arabia falsely accusing British embassy employees of carrying out bombings

• Alex’s source regarding the US embassy planning to withdraw employees

• Australian police report about the bombings

• Alex uses a flimsy source to report that the US embassy canceled reservations at the Marriott in Jakarta hours before the bombing