Watch it again. The deal is, at the start of the video Rumsfeld says that noone ever stated that there was an immediate threat, that it was a fabrication of the media. Then they read two quotes back to him, from things HE said. No need for explanation, he was already caught in an obvious lie.
The administrations's lies are obvious. They made these speeches for months about the imminent threat of Saddam, and now they are bold enough to completely deny they even said it! The lies were already exposed, just not so dramatically juxtaposed. I applaud those NBC talking heads for actually having the balls to call him on it!
It's amazing that at this point Rumsfeld would be so brash as to keep repeating that obvious lie at this point when it's so obvious. They probably thought they had NBC sewn up or something. I wonder how soon these new FCC regulations are gonna come down on ER with massive fines for graphic violence or depiction of same-sex relationships or something.
I don't care if he lied or not, it is shitty 'journalism' to do that. Pushing your point by 'creative' editing is simply lying as far as I am concerned. I don't deny the lie, but it is still shoddy jounalism.