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Spun Silly(reporters upset they got played)
Washington Post ^ | 07/21/05 | Howard Kurtz

Posted on 07/21/2005 8:58:42 AM PDT by Pikamax

Spun Silly

By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, July 21, 2005; 8:39 AM

Did the Bush team put out misinformation on that crazy Tuesday to steer reporters away from John Roberts?

We can't answer the question definitively because the journalists involved have a Matt Cooper problem -- they promised their sources anonymity, regardless of motive. But I can tell you that some of them are ticked and feeling misled.

It all could be very innocent -- the typical Beltway gossip game where reporters trade information with supposedly wired sources who don't really know but like to give the impression that they do. Then the media types blurt what they've gleaned on television and online and -- d'oh ! -- look silly when they're wrong.

Why would the Bushies have bothered? The deafening buzz that the president had picked Edith Clement for the high court had a bunch of reporters preparing pieces on her instead of researching the legal record of the not-much-buzzed-about John Roberts. Plus, the head fake preserved the element of surprise for Bush's prime-time announcement.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush43; cialeak; kurtz; pwn4g3; scotu; strategery
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To: ShowMeMom

Good guess at # 38:

My post: "Was the Narcissistic Joe Wilson a Source in "Outing" His Own Wife Valerie Plame as a "CIA Agent"?"

Your response: "weelllll, Judith Miller sure isn't still in jail because Rove was HER source."

Thanks.


41 posted on 07/21/2005 7:06:04 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Was the Narcissistic Joe Wilson a Source in "Outing" His Own Wife Valerie Plame as a "CIA Agent"?)
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To: FReethesheeples

I agree with something Rush said very early on in this story. He said that there is no way that Rove was the real source of this story because if he were, there is no way that the MSM would have protected him. They would have gleefully outed him instantly.


42 posted on 07/21/2005 7:11:08 PM PDT by ShowMeMom (America: The home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: ShowMeMom

RE, your comment:

"I agree with something Rush said very early on in this story. He said that there is no way that Rove was the real source of this story because if he were, there is no way that the MSM would have protected him. They would have gleefully outed him instantly."

Both Rush --- & you --- are very perceptive. Kudos!


43 posted on 07/21/2005 7:15:23 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Was the Narcissistic Joe Wilson a Source in "Outing" His Own Wife Valerie Plame as a "CIA Agent"?)
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To: Spok

See also my related FR post tending to corroborate the apparent systematic lack of vigilance and serial indiscretion of Joe Wilson re: his wife's CIA employment..

For instance:

1. Wilson reportedly posted, prior to any story, on his OWN Website(!) per the Editor of PoliSat.Com.


2. Cliff May's connecting Wilson as David Corn's Valerie Plame as CIA story source in Corn's Nation article which preceded Novak's original article,

3. Which evident pattern of indiscretion or braggadocio is further shown in the Wilson's neighbors and friends knowing her CIA link.

4. David Horowitz' (FrontPageMagazine) thesis that Plame herself was a possible source in blowing national security secrets, and, if so, should be tried for treason...

And, finally,

5.This behavior pattern is further corroborated in my story about Wilson's crass & blabbermouth behavior under the FR Post titled:

"Was the Narcissistic Joe Wilson a Source in "Outing" His Own Wife Valerie Plame as a "CIA Agent"?"


44 posted on 07/21/2005 7:35:12 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Was the Narcissistic Joe Wilson a Source in "Outing" His Own Wife Valerie Plame as a "CIA Agent"?)
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To: FReethesheeples

Ditto, in spades.


45 posted on 07/21/2005 7:42:56 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s......you weren't really there.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Dittos bacatcha.


46 posted on 07/21/2005 7:46:02 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Was the Narcissistic Joe Wilson a Source in "Outing" His Own Wife Valerie Plame as a "CIA Agent"?)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Also the MSM are hoist by theri own petard by largely ignoring such stories and facts as, For instance:

1. Wilson reportedly posted & mentioned his wife's CIA employment, prior to any story, on his OWN Website(!) per the Editor of PoliSat.Com.


2. Cliff May's connecting Wilson as David Corn's Valerie Plame as CIA story source in Corn's Nation article which preceded Novak's original article,

3. Which evident pattern of indiscretion or braggadocio is further shown in the Wilson's neighbors and friends knowing her CIA link.

4. David Horowitz' (FrontPageMagazine) thesis that Plame herself was a possible source in blowing national security secrets, and, if so, should be tried for treason...

And, finally,

5.This behavior pattern is further corroborated in my story about Wilson's crass & blabbermouth behavior under the FR Post titled:

"Was the Narcissistic Joe Wilson a Source in "Outing" His Own Wife Valerie Plame as a "CIA Agent"?"


47 posted on 07/21/2005 8:06:50 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Was the Narcissistic Joe Wilson a Source in "Outing" His Own Wife Valerie Plame as a "CIA Agent"?)
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To: Pikamax

The media should take a cue from me, I don't trust "unamed sources".


48 posted on 07/21/2005 11:57:10 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Whop-bobaloobop a WHOP BAM BOOM!!)
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To: ShowMeMom

I understand what you mean; I guess I didn't make my point well enough; I mean to say why the hell would this White House tell them anything since the press is now attacking them for a story they tried to warn them off of.


49 posted on 07/22/2005 9:41:56 AM PDT by Howlin (Yesterday was my 7 year FR anniversary!)
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