[kevkrom]

It’s all they have. This testimony is damning and the only tactic they have is to marginalize everyone associated with it, who wants to see the truth come out.

Ace of Spades has an article on that today -- how the media uses qualifiers to make people with preferred positions seem "just like you" and anyone who differs from the approved line is "not like you".

[piasa]

the media uses qualifiers to make people with preferred positions seem "just like you" and anyone who differs from the approved line is "not like you".

Must be something liberals learn to do naturally... it's an extension of the same thing leftwing seminar callers do when they come on the air and before emitting their spiel they always say something to the effect of "I'm a republican/conservative but..."