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
ROTFLOL!
..Never saw a grouper wearing a dress before! :D
Don't waste your energy hating her...she's not worth it.
Arrogant people, who are gaining speed on the down side of the arc, grasp at straws to appear that they are still important.
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...
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Many thanks, nutmeg. My - twisted - pleasure, as always!
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.
Seriously, you are doing us a great service by informing us what goes on on the Perky Katie Show every day. Thanks again... :o)
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...
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".
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.
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.
Couric is really a pretty good interviewer, but she will never put tough questions to the people she likes.
...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.
You're right. Actually, I couldn't summon the energy to say anything more substantive. :)
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.
If this was the Clinton administration, Katie would be getting quarterly audits. Maybe monthlies...
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.
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