Posted on 07/28/2005 2:27:03 PM PDT by Sam Hill
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?
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Oh, my sides! They're killing me ...
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.
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."
"That's beyond stupid. It's Olberman."
Perfect.
Oh, man, slap a barf alert on that one.
Olbermann is a hack. His hey day was on Espn.
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.
Sounds like poor Keith has sand in his vagina again.
Maybe Keith, etal could help out by not making so many dumb mistakes.
Was born a Democrat, now Republican by choice.
Olberman was too stupid to be a sportscaster, so they gave him a left-wing talk show. Remember the Peter Principle?
Olbermann is a brainless moron.
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
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?
Kind of explains why Scarborough went south. And why even Chris Mathews--who used to pretend to not be a commie--stopped pretending.
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.
"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.
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