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Couric: Breaking the Law is "the Way this White House Possibly Operates"
Today Show/Newsbusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 10/12/2005 4:53:45 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

by Mark Finkelstein

October 12, 2005 - 07:23.

Does the MSM sense blood in the Bush administration water? That seems to be the case, judging from the breathtaking accusation that Katie Couric just leveled at it.

The context was Couric's interview of Chris Matthews on the subject of the investigation by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald into possible leaks in the Valerie Plame affair.

Matthews was hostile enough, musing whether the Bush administration "in defending themselves against the charge we went to war for a corrupt or bogus reason, that there wasn't any weaponry, a deal with nuclear weapons, did they break the law?"

But that evidently wasn't venomous enough for Katie. She cut Matthews off peremptorily, interjecting:

"Yeah, and Chris isn't it more than just Iraq, doesn't it speak about the way this White House possibly operates" risibly seeking to distance herself from what was clearly her own notion by tacking on at the end of her question "in the minds of some?"

Matthews, perhaps shocked at the scope of Couric's charge, turned the matter back to the specific question at hand - whether the Bush administration, in seeking to discredit Joe Wilson, broke the law.

But just in case there were any doubts, now we know: Katie Couric, the most widely-watched, most powerful morning talk show host in America, views the President as heading a rogue administration whose modus operandi is to break the law. Stunning


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To: maggief

ROTFLOL!
..Never saw a grouper wearing a dress before! :D


121 posted on 10/12/2005 9:29:02 AM PDT by gimme1ibertee (Searching for the ultimate tagline....Please Wait.......)
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To: Bahbah
I hate her.

Don't waste your energy hating her...she's not worth it.

122 posted on 10/12/2005 9:31:16 AM PDT by bigjoesaddle ("Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Arrogant people, who are gaining speed on the down side of the arc, grasp at straws to appear that they are still important.


123 posted on 10/12/2005 9:58:09 AM PDT by chiefqc
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To: leadpenny; governsleastgovernsbest
the most widely-watched, most powerful morning talk show host in America

If that's true, we are doomed.

I know of far too many women who watch this stupid show every day, and practically worship the ground Perky Katie walks on. And these idiots vote...

Thanks again for the ping, governsleastgovernsbest.

124 posted on 10/12/2005 10:12:00 AM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; DKNY; ...
Unreal ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

125 posted on 10/12/2005 10:13:54 AM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: nutmeg

Many thanks, nutmeg. My - twisted - pleasure, as always!


126 posted on 10/12/2005 10:14:24 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (check out my posts on Today show bias at www.newsbusters.org)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Yeah, and Chris isn't it more than just Iraq, doesn't it speak about the way this White House possibly operates" risibly seeking to distance herself from what was clearly her own notion by tacking on at the end of her question "in the minds of some?"

And the network heads wonder why more and more people are tuning out these leftist morons and getting their news elsewhere.
127 posted on 10/12/2005 10:17:29 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
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To: nutmeg

I hate perkiness.

The fans you talk about don't even know they are being corrupted.

I'm corrupted every morning by Don Imus and his gang, but I know I'm being corrupted. And, he's anything but perky.


128 posted on 10/12/2005 10:22:00 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Seriously, you are doing us a great service by informing us what goes on on the Perky Katie Show every day. Thanks again... :o)


129 posted on 10/12/2005 10:23:11 AM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: leadpenny
The fans you talk about don't even know they are being corrupted.

Exactly. With the exception of my sister who sees right though Katie and Matt's phoniness... she always votes Republican. But why she watches this crap every day, I'll never know...

130 posted on 10/12/2005 10:25:07 AM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It's all pretty obvious - the left wants Iraq to be their Vietnam and Bush to be their Nixon. As Rush would say "get out the old play book".


131 posted on 10/12/2005 10:26:22 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (Is your problem ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: leadpenny

She talks to a few million people. This is not Murrow or Conkhite talking to 40 million. That said, she somehownever noticed the behavior of her buddies Clinton. She ses everything out of her left eye.


132 posted on 10/12/2005 10:30:33 AM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: RobbyS

I can't believe I used to watch the Today Show before I discovered the the internet. Soon after finding FR I read a compilation of Brian Gumball's biased interview questions. I really had not noticed before that.


133 posted on 10/12/2005 10:41:54 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: leadpenny

Couric is really a pretty good interviewer, but she will never put tough questions to the people she likes.


134 posted on 10/12/2005 10:48:05 AM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

...most widely-watched, most powerful morning talk show host in America,...

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I find that hard to believe. Everything else here is sadly not at all surprising.


135 posted on 10/12/2005 11:39:51 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Do not trust Democrats with national security!)
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To: bigjoesaddle
Don't waste your energy hating her...she's not worth it.

You're right. Actually, I couldn't summon the energy to say anything more substantive. :)

136 posted on 10/12/2005 1:37:55 PM PDT by Bahbah ( Water Buckets UP!)
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To: Bigg Red

Hard to believe but apparently true. Despite some slippage earlier this year, the Today show continues to enjoy the highest rating among the morning talk shows, with an average daily audience of over 6 million.


137 posted on 10/12/2005 3:26:59 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (check out my posts on Today show bias at www.newsbusters.org)
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To: Zacs Mom

Katie's got that "chicken wing" thing goin' on...
Wonder if it flaps when she drives with the top
down on the Beemer?

138 posted on 10/12/2005 5:37:57 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (If Osama Was A Piece Of Ass - Clinton Would Have Nailed Him)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If this was the Clinton administration, Katie would be getting quarterly audits. Maybe monthlies...


139 posted on 10/12/2005 7:45:29 PM PDT by an amused spectator (If Social Security isn't broken, then cut me a check for the cash I have into it.)
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To: YaYa123; Verginius Rufus; Carolinamom; Mo1
I just have to wonder why Murray Waas, writing for National Journal, is the only "journalist" receiving these leaks.

Murray Waas was Joe "Dead Eyes" Conason's partner during the impeachment wars:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22conason%22+and+%22waas%22&btnG=Google+Search

I imagine that ol' Murray is just an "impartial jernalist". Not.

140 posted on 10/12/2005 7:56:43 PM PDT by an amused spectator (If Social Security isn't broken, then cut me a check for the cash I have into it.)
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