Posted on 07/09/2005 7:49:59 AM PDT by NathanBookman
Good. There are some "stories" that don't need to be published. The world will somehow manage to keep turning.
The funny thing is that any paper that sees itself in a competitive situation would not do any such thing. Clearly the Plain Dealer does not think that it competes against anything.
Where is it written in the First Amendment that a "Free Press" gets to break the law.
That's it. We are all doomed it tell you; DOOM-ED!!!
They admit that they were using "illegal sources"???? I guess that means that they are also admitting that Miller's and Cooper's sources were illegal? Rove could not be considered an illegal source, only the information could be considered illegal, although in this case, it has been pretty much determined that revealing that Wilson was recommended by his wife, a CIA employee, was not illegal.
IOW one of these journalists of "integrity" lied to the grand jury about who their source was, if they even had one.
Perhaps that is the difference, would the leakers be facing "deep trouble" but still have whistleblower protection or would they be breaking the law in a serious way like outing a CIA agent?
Exactly. In fact the Feds should now investigate the Cleveland Plain Dealer and their source since they have already admitted to having illegally leaked documents!!!
Yeah..who knew :)
Exactly. Freedom of the Press means that the government won't interfere with what you write, will not limit what you say. It does not mean that under the banner of 'journalist' you get extra protection and different laws. Sorry, no dice.
In other words, more anti-American and anti-Bush stories that are fake and cannot possibly be proven.
This logic astounds me. Miller never published either and she is in jail. How does he think not publishing a story protects the paper?
I always thought that anything obtained illegally could not be used as evidence. I wonder how long it will be before media outlets start complaining about activist courts that allow such things to happen.
"if they even had one"
I'm with you, the more I hear about the big "plame outing", I am convinced that her "secret" identity was not secret at all. Cooper and Miller probably heard the rumor at a cocktail party somewhere. But to make news out of it, they had to pretend there was a credible anonymous source, not just speculation over rumors at a cocktail party.
Now they can't identify the source because the source was invented out of thin air.
The other theroy is that Plame outted herself to Miller and Cooper in some sort of twisted, post-partum ego-trip. (see Vanity Fair layout)
So, these left-wing scum are saying that protecting the identity of the guy who stole these documents and gave them to the paper is more important than the public's right to learn about the issues involved? How about if he was a conservative white Christian?
The two stories being witheld are, Dennis Kucinich is being married for the third time to a space traveler, and George Voinivich is in the hospital having his bladder removed from his eyes! A Cleveland Plain Dealer puff piece, their circulation has fallen 5.1% last year.
Which means it's time for me to once again post the link to my favorite :30 spot:
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