VP Accident Tale Filled With Discrepancies - Yahoo! News

VP Accident Tale Filled With Discrepancies - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON - Vice President
Dick Cheney said he didn't immediately disclose his hunting accident because he wanted the confusing details to come out right. Instead, authorized accounts came out slowly — and often still wrong.

The result: a week of shifting blame, belatedly acknowledged beer consumption (not 'zero' drinking after all) and evolving discrepancies in how the shooting happened, its aftermath and the way it was told to the nation.
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BLAME

In the first days after the vice president wounded attorney Harry Whittington while shooting at quail last Saturday in Texas, blame was placed on the victim for not announcing his presence to fellow hunter Cheney."