Posted on 06/05/2005 10:55:52 AM PDT by wagglebee
CNN anchorman Wolf Blitzer revealed Saturday that he had his own "Deep Throat" inside the Clinton White House - a source who blew the lid off Mr. Clinton's then-secret affair with Monica Lewinsky.
But the CNN newsman didn't believe his tipster and decided not to report the story. Discussing the journalistic risks of relying on single sources like Woodward and Bernstein's famous Watergate leaker, Blitzer told WABC Radio's Mark Simone that he'd received his share of bombshell tips over the years.
"But my experience has been that if a story sounds too good to be true, it almost always is," the CNN'er explained.
He then recalled the lone exception.
"I had a source tell me that President Clinton was having an affair with a White House intern," said Blitzer.
His reaction at the time? "C'mon, give me a break," Blitzer recalled telling his "Deep Throat."
But the longtime anchorman said that his natural skepticism caused him to miss out on what could have been the biggest scoop of his career.
"That was the one case where it turned out to be true," he lamented to Simone.
Bullsh*t! You were covering for BJ and you know it!
LOL
ohhh yeah he was just being ethical...Bull$hit!!!
I BET he knew of a Deep Throat in the Clinton White House. The joke almost stands for itself LOL
That's Wolfie's story and he's sticking to it.
The interesting question, though, is why is Wolfie saying this now?
Because he's a poser.
Was this the original headline? It brings horrifying images to mind. Although, this is CNN, the Clinton News Network. I always wondered why they gave him preferential treatment.
Alternate interpretation: Knew About it, HID IT!
Edited for accuracy. :)
How did he get that job anyway?
Wolf is blitzed for sure if he thinks anyone will believe this tale. I'd bet the farm if he got a similiar tip on George Bush, CNN would jump all over it.
LOL. But I wonder if someone was about to out the fact that Wolfie knew and spiked the story...?
man it would be breaking news for days!!!
Wolfie just wants to be in on the act. Whether he knew or not.....there's no point because he would never have narked on his buddy BC.
I always pictured it the other way around.
Wolf deep-throating Bill.
Simply preposterous! Everybody knew what Clinton was doing there from day one, including the janitors and shoe polishers. Add to that the well-publicized baggage from his past (affairs, rapes, etc.) and only an idiot or a sycophant would not give credence to such a report.
What kind of moron would think that Clinton having an affair with an intern in the White House was far-fetched?
Bullsh*t! You were covering for BJ and you know it!
Ho Ho ho.....
A trifelinf irrelevantcy wannabe.
I had a source inside the White House too. His name was Gary Aldrich, and he told me a lot of stuff about Clinton in his book, "Unlimited Access."
I wonder why ALdrich was not lionized and lauded as a national hero by the MSM. His stunning disclosures were so devastating that no one in the media took them seriously, since they couldn't believe that a US president would be such a corrupt, degenerate lowlife scumbag.
In retrospect, Mr. Aldrich's accusations look pretty accurate and easy to believe -- given what the nation has learned about Clinton since the book's publication.
So where are the accolades and apologies from the MSM to Mr. Aldrich?
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