[Sam Hill]

Another case study for our annals of hypocrisy.

[My2Cents]

Another story from the files of "It's Bush's Fault."

[Thrusher]

The administration tried to correct the media and prevent them from spreading Joe Wilson's propaganda as truth, and look where it got Karl Rove...

[Enchante]

"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."


That would assume that the 'Rats and MSM care about honesty or consistency. Actually, Olbermann's position amounts to "save us from ourselves when we need you to, but we'll fry your a--es anyway if we feel like it."

[Steely Tom]

I think this qualifies as a case of...

Just Damn.

(steely)

[ClearCase_guy]

The Left has been specializing in the double-bind for years.

[evad]

Is there anything sillier than this character?

No wonder PMSNBC can't get better than a 0.5 share.

[Sam Hill]

Compare and contrast:

"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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In his first conversation with the president's senior adviser as the new White House correspondent for Time, Cooper started with a clipped statement: "I am writing about Wilson," to which Rove replied: "Don't get too far out on Wilson."

http://tinyurl.com/apdqo

[BoBToMatoE]

If the Bush administration would have said a thing, the MSM would have cried "cover-up" or "sensorship."

Same, irresponsible media.

When in doubt, blame someone else.

[smoothsailing]

The media has no use for the wisdom of the words "don't bite the hand that feeds you".

[carumba]

That's beyond shameful. It's treasonous.

Now that has got to be the lamest leap to a most illogical conclusion that I have seen on this subject. Reminds me of the Agony of Defeat ski jumper. This could end up on a compilation video When Media Guys Go Wild.

[FormerACLUmember]

How many people watch this lying pile of steaming feces, anyway? A few thousand people nationwide? He has the worst ratings (and deservedly so) of any news program.

[thoughtomator]

It could only be considered treason if one's loyalty was owed to the media, rather than to the country.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Another air leak coming from Olbermann's head.

[driftless]

The DNC tells Olbermann to jump, and he says, "how high master".

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Olbermann = IDIOT! Olbermann's intellect and common sense should fit quite nicely, with room to spare, in a thimble!

[hoosiermama]

Sign of a sick mind....Everything becomes a "he77 if you do and he77 if you don't" situation.....There is never any pleasing them.

[MikeHu]

It's the responsibility of the media to get it right.

It's not the responsibility of the Administration to prove them wrong. These people have important work to do for the American people -- instead of just making up stories to call attention to their imagined audience and ruthless ambitions to get to the top in the news/show business.

[Soul Seeker]

Then Olbermann will come out strongly for Rove today, correct?

Didn't think so.

Last time the administration told them to be careful they accused the Government of attempting to run their business. They erupted in hysterics, then spent months trying to prove we did flush a Koran down a toliet out of spite.

Olbermann, It is YOUR job to make sure your stories are truthful. It's the administration's job to defend this country. They aren't getting paid to be your editors so sit down, shut up, and learn how to do your job responsibly without malice instead of wasting your time being the puppet of loons that want the election results challenged because they cannot accept reality.

The administration jumps on the necks of the news organization with both feet or has its proxies do it for them.

We're proxies now!

[RJL]

Weren'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"?

What an idiot.

I can just imagine the liberal MSM's response if the Bush administration tells them "you can't print this".

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Republican administrations have been shooting down erroneous media stories for years now and the "professionals" just ignore them and keep on lying.