Ngokujabula okukhulu, u-Oprah Winfrey wabuza uJames Frey umbuzo izintatheli ezivamile ezenqabayo ukuwubuza uGeorge W. Bush: โKungani ungaqamba amanga?โ
Ama-pundits amaningi kanye nezitolo zezindaba zazwakalisa ukudalulwa kukaFrey njengomqambimanga. Ukuguqulwa kwakusuka ku-schlock media kuya ku-highbrow. Ngomhla zingama-27 kuJan., ngalo lolo suku i-PBS โNewsHour With Jim Lehrerโ yanikela ngayo ingxenye yonke kulokho okwenzekile, i-New York Times yenezela udaba lwayo lwekhasi lokuqala ngohlelo olwaphetha ngokuthi โNksz. UWinfrey wanikeza izethameli, kuhlanganise nathi, lokho ezazikulindele: isidingo sokuzwa iqiniso.โ
Iqiniso elibalulekile lendaba yobunhloli ye-National Security Agency ithi: UMongameli Bush uqambe amanga. Kodwa ukushoda njalo ekusakazweni kwabezindaba kuyisidingo sokuzwa iqiniso.
Eminyakeni engaphezu kwemibili ngemva kokuba eqale ubunhloli basekhaya be-NSA ngaphandle kwezimvume, uBush wayengenakungabaza. Enkulumweni yakhe eBuffalo ngo-April 20, 2004, wathi: โNoma nini lapho uzwa uhulumeni wase-United States ekhuluma nge-wiretap, udingaโukushaya ucingo kudinga umyalelo wenkantolo. Akukho okushintshile, ngendlela. Uma sikhuluma ngokuxosha abashokobezi sisuke sikhuluma ngokuthola incwadi yenkantolo ngaphambi kokuthi senze lokho.โ
Ngosuku olulandelayo, uBush wenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukuze aqinise amanga afanayo. "Amarekhodi ka-White House akhombisa ukuthi uBush wenze amazwi afanayo ngobungcwele bemiyalelo yenkantolo yokuthinta izingcingo ngocingo enkulumweni yakhe eHershey, Pa., ngosuku olulandelayo ekhulume ngalo eBuffalo," ngokusho kwesihloko esisekhasini lokuqala kuBuffalo News ngoDisemba. 25, 2005.
UFrey waqamba amanga ngempilo yakhe siqu encwadini, futhi lokho kwamcasula u-Oprah Winfrey. โKunzima kimina ukuthi ngikhulume nawe, ngoba ngizizwa ngikhohlisiwe ngempela,โ esho, ekhuluma naye emsakazweni wangoJan. 26. โNgizizwa ngikhohlisiwe. Kodwa okubaluleke nakakhulu, nginomuzwa wokuthi ukhaphele izigidi zabafundi.โ
Nokho izintatheli ezixoxisana noBush azizimisele ngokumbuza ngamagama afanayo.
Umongameli akagcinanga nje ngokukhaphela izigidi zabafundi. Wakhaphela amakhulu ezigidi zezakhamuzi.
UBush waqamba amanga mayelana nenkululeko yomphakathi eyisisekelo e-United States. Esikhundleni sokuthembela ekukhulumeni, abezindaba kufanele babhekane naye ngokuqondile ngombuzo othi: "Kungani uqamba amanga?"
Phakathi nombukiso we-โOprahโ, ngenkathi efundisa isikhulu esinamandla sokunyathelisa izincwadi esike sasebenza njengesinikezeli sokubhala izincwadi, uWinfrey wathi: โLokho kumele kushintshe.โ Kodwa kuthiwani ngabaphathi bezindaba abanamandla abaqhubeka bevumela umongameli ukuthi athathe isinyathelo?
Lapho uFrey ezama ukuphuma esikhundleni sokuqamba indaba engelona iqiniso mayelana nomsele wempande ngaphandle kokubulala izinzwa, umsingathi waphazamiseka ngemva kwamagama athi โNgike ngazamazamana nalo mbono โโ
โCha, amanga alokho,โ kusho uWinfrey. โNgamanga lawo. Akuwona umqondo, James, amanga lawo.โ
Kodwa izintatheli eziseqophelweni eliphezulu azizimisele ukubhekana noMongameli Bush kumabonakude kazwelonke ngokucacile: โKungamanga lokho. Akuwona umbono, George, amanga lawo.โ
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