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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: an amused spectator; cyncooper; Mo1; StarFan

good grief!!!

The MSM is using Gene Lyons and Joe Conason's old friend, Murray Waas as their only source??????????

an amused spectator, thanks so much for connecting the dots. I didn't know a thing about National Journal, and had no idea on Waas' history with the people who've sworn revenge for the Clinton impeachment.

And who the hell is leaking to Waas? And is it leak or fiction?
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I know the MSM is anti-Bush, but it's incredible to me the MSM would go this far. They must be rabid!! Like Ronnie Earl going after DeLay, the MSM and their closet source probably won't care if Bush gets impeached, it's enough they destroy his reputation and his legacy.


141 posted on 10/12/2005 10:47:01 PM PDT by YaYa123 (@ God Bless President Bush As the MSM and Democrats Seek To Destroy Him.com)
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To: yoe
Ms. Couric's biased, far left interviewing can be expected to become even more pronounced in the coming weeks and months...she is an ardent devotee if not mouth piece for Hillary.

Which would be quite surprising. When Good Morning America surpassed The Today Show in ratings, it seems Katie toned down the rhetoric and TRIED to be less antagonist. Apparently she's known behind the scenes as a pit bull and has been trying to change her image. However her statement today proves you cannot make a leopard change its spots.

142 posted on 10/13/2005 2:12:26 PM PDT by StarFan
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Can you please add me to your ping list.


143 posted on 10/13/2005 2:37:48 PM PDT by StarFan
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To: StarFan

With pleasure! Thanks for your interest, and welcome to the list.


144 posted on 10/13/2005 2:40:05 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (check out my posts on Today show bias at www.newsbusters.org)
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To: ichabod1

But . . . also the alma mater of Ruth Bader Ginsburg!


145 posted on 10/13/2005 2:42:04 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (check out my posts on Today show bias at www.newsbusters.org)
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To: Texas Songwriter
But, if they are wrong, and they have spent hours in conjecture on the airwaves about Rove and Libby, they will look like absolute idiots

Indeed and that's why we're hearing mutterings IF Fitzgerald does not indict, it will be a waste of taxpayers money for him to have spent two years for naught. In short, the fix is in and it was on our dime. They will never take the blame for faulty reporting.

146 posted on 10/13/2005 3:26:33 PM PDT by StarFan
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To: StarFan

It could also be that if he doesn't indict, he wants people to know that he researched this thoroughly and couldn't find anything! There's 2-sides to that coin.


147 posted on 10/14/2005 3:01:01 PM PDT by Alissa
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To: StarFan

Not sure if this is a duplicate, but the case can be made that Fitzgerald won't indict anyone and he wants to assure everyone that his investigation was very thorough. Every rock overturned, etc. There are 2 sides to look at this.


148 posted on 10/14/2005 3:03:15 PM PDT by Alissa
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To: leadpenny

I stopped watching the Today Show in the 90's after many years of tuning in. Brian Gumball made me so angry at the time, I swore to never watch it again (and I haven't). I remember looking for an email address to send them a nasty-gram, and they didn't have one.


149 posted on 10/14/2005 3:07:22 PM PDT by Alissa
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To: moose2004
I'm ashamed to say I went to school with her at the University of Virginia.

Which one of you is more representative of the typical UVA grad?
150 posted on 10/14/2005 3:11:11 PM PDT by uncitizen
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To: highlander_UW
Chris Matthews talking about underlings doing questionable things so that those above them aren't involved. He said he saw it happen all the time when he was in Washington. He was attempting to attack the Bush administration, but I thought that it was funny that what he really did was admit complicity to questionable practices on a daily basis.

And of course Chrissie is a Democrat, he worked for a Democrat, he hung around with Democrats every day that he was in Washington DC.

I'm sure he's seen plenty of unethical and illegal things in his time spent with the Democrats.

151 posted on 10/14/2005 3:17:56 PM PDT by RJL
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

She's a news reader and perkie entertainment Hostess. WHO GIVES A RATS BEHIND WHAT SHE THINKS.
Gezzz GET A GRIP.


152 posted on 10/14/2005 3:23:24 PM PDT by marty60
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Couric: Wrinkling shriveled lips is "the way that looney liberal journalist grows bitter over time"

Katie, take a chill ya pill. Even Matt Lauer came close to rolling his eyes at you this morning when you said it was homophobic for straight hetero men to deny they ever had (romantic) crushes on other men in that survey.
Seriously girl, build a bridge and get over yourself.


153 posted on 10/14/2005 3:23:28 PM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: marty60

She's also the most widely-watched of the morning network show hosts. Millions get their news and views from her. I believe it's worthwhile keeping track of her antics. Is it really necessary to gratuitously order fellow FReepers to get a grip?


154 posted on 10/14/2005 3:29:55 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (check out my posts on Today show bias at www.newsbusters.org)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

i DON'T REFER TO FR-ERS IN THOSE COMMENTS THEY ARE IN REFERRENCE TO THE MSM'S SELF AGRANDIZMENT OF THEMSELVES. PATHETIC.


155 posted on 10/14/2005 3:35:49 PM PDT by marty60
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To: Alissa

I may not have been clear. I was not questionning Fitzgerald but merely suggesting how the dems/media will spin it if he doesn't indict anyone.


156 posted on 10/14/2005 4:06:35 PM PDT by StarFan
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To: uncitizen

I'm puzzled, what does that mean?


157 posted on 10/15/2005 5:47:21 AM PDT by moose2004 (You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
As the concept of death sinks in , the zombie Rat pundits are progressivly losing it. The only hope is to lie, lie, lie. Surely enough people will believe the lies to resuscitate the corpse.

The truth is that the Democrat Party is no more. There must be a radical transformation for resurrection.

The coalition of losers is no more. The underlying groups are fragmented and weakened, They lack the power to persuade their members to think and vote as they are told. They actually lack members as old people die off and young people can't be coerced to take up the frayed old causes.

158 posted on 10/15/2005 6:23:52 AM PDT by bert (K.E. ; N.P . Chicken spit causes flu....... Fox News)
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To: moose2004

I'm trying to get an idea of what a UVA education is really like.

My son was considering applying there at one time because we understood they offered an excellent classical education and a first class reputation. And plus, the community in which it resides and is lovely. He decided not to leave Cali however, and so never applied there.

It's not easy to figure out the true essence of a university from the Princeton Review or from a university's website. So my question really was are UVA grads known to be more conservative or more liberal than grads of other universities in the same league.

The question wasn't intended as an insult in any way. I really hope that UVA as one of America's premier top drawer schools is a good solid university that can be trusted to educate and train and not to indoctrinate or brainwash.


159 posted on 10/15/2005 7:02:56 AM PDT by uncitizen
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To: uncitizen

Thanks for the reply. I'm from Charlottesville and I graduated from Virginia, and I suppose it's like most good schools, a true mixed bag. No, your son would not have gotten a conservative education unless he searched for conservative professors, and Virginia does/did have quite a few. But, like most schools we have our share of whiny liberals. UVa is a great school (undergrad and grad schools), and it has one of the most beautiful campuses in the country. Thomas Jefferson truly knew what he wanted to create. The one bad thing is our football team stinks, but I have high hope for our basketball team. I would urge your son to apply to the Darden School of Business, the Law School or the Medical School if he wants to go to grad school. Darden is rated as one of the top business schools in the country.


160 posted on 10/15/2005 9:30:54 AM PDT by moose2004 (You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
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