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Posted on 04/19/2010 4:56:26 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
W.H. trashes paper's Iran report By GLENN THRUSH | 04/19/10 5:48 PM
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs stopped just short of accusing the New York Times of journalistic malpractice on Monday after the paper ran excerpts of a Pentagon memo on Iran.
Gibbs' gripe: the paper ran the story without having possession of the entire document.
On Sunday, the Times published an above-the-fold A1 story on a January memo written by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, warning that the U.S. needed to develop a more comprehensive strategy to deal with Iran's nuclear program. The paper cited an unnamed administration official calling the document a "wake-up call."
Gates later said the Times "mischaracterized" and distorted his intent in drafting it.
"To write an entire story... without actually having seen the memo... [I]t's fairly extraordinary," Gibbs told reporters during his daily briefing, describing the memo as part of the "regular" planning process.
"Those of us who opened up the newspaper and saw what this memo was characterized to be... I don't think there was a moment that you would read that and think the New York Times was in the ballpark," he added. "I do find it fairly astounding that someone could leak something and say here's what the memo says and nobody [has seen] the memo. It's a pretty amazing thing to lead the New York Times Sunday coverage."
Peter Baker, the Times reporter at the briefing, said the story was clear on its sourcing and characterized the report as "straightforward."
Gibbs's statement comes at a sensitive time. Last week he met with members of the White House Correspondents Association to discuss complaints about media access -- and a day after the Washington Post published a Gibbs interview in which he complained about the behavior of some reporters.
"Am I unhappy with the way I deal with the press?" Gibbs asked at Monday's briefing. "No."
He then added: "This is the most transparent administration in the history of our country... As long as there's a press and a press office there will always been some level of adversity."
An inadvertent truth, spoken by a paid liar, is still the truth.
Somebody call the Waaaaaahbulance!
I wonder if Gibby and the Zero admin are starting to understand how Repub admins feel.
“White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs stopped just short of accusing the New York Times of journalistic malpractice on Monday.” Who would have thought it? Talk about the kettle calling the pot black.
I don’t trust these people. I always wonder where is the pea?
I see obama and his administration as the crook on the street corner with the cardboard box and three cups on top shouting “Step right up!” “Find the pea!” “Just keep your eye on the pea!” “Where’s the pea?”
They’re up to something. They’re trying to get up to look at the pea over here because they’re up to something over there.
The NYT better stay on script lest the bama be displeased. Who do they think they’re working for anyway? /sarc
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So what? We've got a Congress full of people that vote on bills without reading them.
BAGHBOY BOB wouldn’t know the TRUTH if It Knocked Him OVER!
He is a Bullshiit Wanabe Artist that has a Political Whore for a Boss!
Welcome to Lefty Land Kabuki Theater.
Question for Gibbs!
“Hey, Gates hasn’t denied the report in it’s entirety!
What is Plan B, Mr. Gibbs, if Mr. Imanutjob doesn’t bow down and Kiss OBOZO’s Pink Slippers? Will OBOZO then Bomb Him to Kingdom Come?or will IMANUTJOB continue to mock OBOZO as a Wet-Behind-the-Ears Rank Amateur?”
“By the way Mr. Gibbs, have You seen the dastardly Cartoons of OBOZO popping up all over the World portraying Him as an Insane Nitwit and Idiot bent on destroying AMERICA?”
Enough said!... May GOD SAVE OUR BEAUTIFUL JUDEO-CHRISTIAN AMERICA from these Muslim Terrorists of “allah”!
a lover’s spat. They’ll be making out in the back of the alley soon enough.
All Gibby is saying is that the NYT shouldn’t publish
with out WH permission.
“WE’ll tell you when it’s news!”
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