Continued distortions of explosives story Written by Media Matters Staff Published 10/28/04 2:32 PM EDT Limbaugh, Morris, and Charen falsely claimed that only three tons of explosives were missing from Al Qaqaa Conservative pundits forwarded discredited Wash. Times article blaming Russians for missing explosives in Iraq FOX's Special Report tag team made false claims about missing explosives Conservatives launch baseless verbal attacks on U.S. troops Conservatives seized on NBC report for bogus defense of Bush Grasping for defense of Bush, conservatives erroneously claim missing explosives prove Iraq had WMD NBC network hosts not watching their colleagues's coverage Conservative hosts echoed RNC claim that Kerry blamed troops for missing explosives Hannity, Blitzer, and The Note mischaracterized NBC report on NYT missing-explosives article