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Keith Olbermann: It's "Treasonous" For The Administration Not To Correct Media Stories
MSNBC ^ | June 1, 2005 | Keith Olbermann

Posted on 07/28/2005 2:27:03 PM PDT by Sam Hill

Whilst opining in his boyishly incomprehensible way, Olbermann claims it is the Bush administration's fault that Newsweek ran their meretricious story about Korans being flushed down toilets at Guantanamo.
 
To illustrate his brilliant point, he reminds us of the Bush administration's complicity in not shooting down the forged "Killian Memos" of Rathergate fame:
 
 
 
  June 1, 2005 | 3:54 p.m. ET

More questions than answers (Keith Olbermann)

 [W]eren't those members of the military or the government with whom Newsweek vetted the plausibility of its item, honor-bound to say "you can't print this"?

Or would somebody rather play politics with this? The way Craig Crawford reconstructed it, this one went similarly to the way the Killian Memos story evolved at the White House. The news organization turns to the administration for a denial. The administration says nothing. The news organization runs the story. The administration jumps on the necks of the news organization with both feet or has its proxies do it for them.

That's beyond shameful. It's treasonous.

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How is it possible for such an intellect to not see the parallels to what Rove has been accused of doing? Rove apparently warned Matt Cooper of Time Magazine "not to get too far out" on the Joe Wilson story.

Why is Olbermann calling for Rove's head? Is it simply because that's what he is told to say by the DNC?


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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bullzogby; cialeak; duac; gitmo; korandesecration; liberalism; lyingliars; makingitup; newsspeak; newsweak; newsweek; partisanwitchhunt; propaganda; stupidity; zogbyism
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To: Sam Hill

Oh, my sides! They're killing me ...


61 posted on 07/28/2005 4:10:42 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Be a Good Mullah Now ...)
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To: Sam Hill
I have to say I LOVE the last week's coverage of this story.

Here's the media pose: Leaks are bad because they can lead to outting a CIA officer and hurting our security.

So who's responsible for this "leak":

A.The person who said "Oh you heard that too?" when the officer's name was mentioned, or...

B.The people who publish the name so millions of people see it.

Think hard, now.

62 posted on 07/28/2005 4:11:17 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Dean won't call UBL guilty without a trial, but thinks DeLay and Rove should be in jail)
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To: Sam Hill

I'm starting to understand why the libs supported for President a guy who said "I voted for the $87 billion before I voted against it."


63 posted on 07/28/2005 4:12:31 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Dean won't call UBL guilty without a trial, but thinks DeLay and Rove should be in jail)
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To: Darkwolf377

"That's beyond stupid. It's Olberman."

Perfect.


64 posted on 07/28/2005 4:15:47 PM PDT by Sam Hill
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To: Sam Hill
We have all the damned politicians, of every stripe, that we need. The best of them isn’t worth half a Valerie Plame.

Oh, man, slap a barf alert on that one.

65 posted on 07/28/2005 4:17:24 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Dean won't call UBL guilty without a trial, but thinks DeLay and Rove should be in jail)
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To: Sam Hill

Olbermann is a hack. His hey day was on Espn.


66 posted on 07/28/2005 4:18:04 PM PDT by satchmodog9 (Murder and weather are our only news)
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To: Sam Hill
He destroyed an intelligence asset like Valerie Plame merely to deflect criticism of a politician.

Yeah, that's some intelligence asset, Keith, or need I remind you of your endless puking on the CIA for getting the Iraq WMD intel all wrong? And what exactly was Valerie Plame's job at the CIA? Common, Keith, it's not that hard...

I'll give you a hint, ratboy--WMD.

67 posted on 07/28/2005 4:19:55 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Dean won't call UBL guilty without a trial, but thinks DeLay and Rove should be in jail)
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To: Sam Hill

Sounds like poor Keith has sand in his vagina again.


68 posted on 07/28/2005 4:21:34 PM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: Sam Hill
Too many errors...too little time:-)

Maybe Keith, etal could help out by not making so many dumb mistakes.

69 posted on 07/28/2005 4:22:42 PM PDT by moondoggie
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To: MikeHu
"Are you a Democrat?"

Was born a Democrat, now Republican by choice.

70 posted on 07/28/2005 4:24:35 PM PDT by etcetera
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To: Sam Hill

Olberman was too stupid to be a sportscaster, so they gave him a left-wing talk show. Remember the Peter Principle?


71 posted on 07/28/2005 4:25:17 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Sam Hill

Olbermann is a brainless moron.


72 posted on 07/28/2005 4:29:24 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Sam Hill; Thrusher
The administration tried to correct the media...and look where it got Karl Rove...

Translation: "PPppplease, Help Us...We're all, like Drunken ***(HIC!)*** Kennedys, in an Scotch Whiskey Distillery...What little Credibilty, We (LMSM) have left is nearly gone..." :D

73 posted on 07/28/2005 4:36:22 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: Sam Hill
WOW! Thanks, for the background. :D
74 posted on 07/28/2005 4:53:51 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: Sam Hill
mer·e·tri·cious Pronunciation: "mer-&-'tri-sh&s Function: adjective Etymology: Latin meretricius, from meretric-, meretrix prostitute, from merEre to earn -- more at MERIT 1 : of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution 2 a : tawdrily and falsely attractive b : superficially significant : PRETENTIOUS synonym see GAUDY - mer·e·tri·cious·ly adverb - mer·e·tri·cious·ness noun

At least I learned a new word. Olberman ought to stick with sports, his attempt to discuss morality in the media falls way short. Let's see, a reporter can make any false claim about a subject he wants to, and it is incumbenet upon the subject to correct the story.

I don't think so. Where's my lawyer?

75 posted on 07/28/2005 5:03:55 PM PDT by FLCowboy, (Hillary is changing her colors. She's a chameleon. No, she's a liberal.)
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To: skinkinthegrass

Kind of explains why Scarborough went south. And why even Chris Mathews--who used to pretend to not be a commie--stopped pretending.


76 posted on 07/28/2005 5:06:07 PM PDT by Sam Hill
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To: Sam Hill
Keith Olbermann: It's "Treasonous" For The Administration Not To Correct Media Stories

Olbermann and others of his ilk just prove the truth of the Peter Principle, "people tend to be promoted up to their level of incompetence".

If the administration had tried to stop them from running their false stories, they would have accused them of censorship or of trying to cover up a scandal. The fact the MSM can't get its' act together should tell the public something about the management.

77 posted on 07/28/2005 5:42:48 PM PDT by PeskyOne
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To: Sam Hill

"W]eren't those members of the military or the government with whom Newsweek vetted the plausibility of its item, honor-bound to say "you can't print this"

And Newsweek would have listened and responded just as ABC recently did, right? ABC..who was urged by London police NOT to publish pictures of the bombs found in London...followed that request, right?

If given a choice for a scoop or public safety, the MSM will go for the scoop everytime.


78 posted on 07/28/2005 8:53:07 PM PDT by t2buckeye
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