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Media Bias on Trial in Libby Case
News Max ^ | Nov. 4, 2005 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 11/04/2005 8:24:11 AM PST by Ben Mugged

Attorneys for Lewis "Scooter" Libby are likely to question whether the political bias of news outlets involved in the Leakgate case played a role in testimony by their reporters against top White House officials, reports the Wall Street Journal.

"Just wait until defense counsel starts examining their memories and reporting habits, not to mention the dominant political leanings in the newsrooms of NBC, Time magazine and the New York Times," warns the Journal in an editorial on Friday.

NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert - the star prosecution witness against Mr. Libby - should offer particularly fertile ground on this count.

His "Meet the Press" broadcast was among the first to showcase claims by Leakgate accuser Joe Wilson, the disgruntled former Clinton official who famously charged that the White House lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cialeak; libby; media; mediabias; prosecutor; wilson
Having MSM reporters testify under oath should produce some interesting testimony.
1 posted on 11/04/2005 8:24:12 AM PST by Ben Mugged
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To: Ben Mugged

They'll need a teleprompter to testify in complete sentences.


2 posted on 11/04/2005 8:27:28 AM PST by peyton randolph (Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
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To: Ben Mugged

Never happen.


3 posted on 11/04/2005 8:31:18 AM PST by ANGGAPO (LayteGulfBeachClub.)
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To: peyton randolph

LOL! Reminds me of the SNL skit where a teleprompter breaks on a morning program and within minutes the set degenerates into violent, cannibalistic anarchy.


4 posted on 11/04/2005 8:31:39 AM PST by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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To: peyton randolph

We can almost predict the schpin that will come out of this coverage.

Anything said by the administration of 'Mr. Bush' (I hate that) will be ALLEGED and anything said by any left-wing sympathizer will be FACTs that are ASSERTED and PROVEN.

That's just the start of it.

Does the Washing press corps realize what a big bunch of tantrum throwing babies they look like? The little tantrum baby gang having their goo-goo wah-wah frenzy at every press conference just makes me sick. Is there one person there more interested in the truth than their personal legacy, byline and camera shot?


5 posted on 11/04/2005 8:32:13 AM PST by austinaero
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To: Ben Mugged

I suspect we'll see whole new definitions to words , like the infamous Lier-in-chiefs definition of "is" and that a BJ isn't sex.


6 posted on 11/04/2005 8:32:21 AM PST by strange1 ("Show the enemy harm so he shall not advance" Sun Tzu The Art of War)
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To: Ben Mugged

The only problem is that such will not be considered to be a defense by a DC jury.

They need a law moving the venue of political trials out of DC. The Dems can't get convicted, and the GOPers can't get acquitted.


7 posted on 11/04/2005 8:35:18 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Ben Mugged

Should be very interesting to observe the obvious biasness of mainstream media.


8 posted on 11/04/2005 8:35:50 AM PST by lilylangtree
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To: Brilliant

Yeah, the Republican politicos need to reside in Virginia. More conservative jury pool!


9 posted on 11/04/2005 8:42:30 AM PST by AmericanDave (God bless .......and MORE COWBELL)
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To: ANGGAPO
Never happen.

What will never happen? MSM testimony>

If this goes to trial there WILL be MSM testimony. Media types are Fitzgerald's only witnesses, and they will undergo withering cross examination.

10 posted on 11/04/2005 8:45:51 AM PST by Mike Darancette (Mesocons for Rice '08)
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To: Mike Darancette
And if they refuse to testify,take the 5th or claim some snotty "press privilege", the case should be dismissed.
11 posted on 11/04/2005 8:57:37 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Ben Mugged
The MSM is beyond complaisant in this overt campaign to overthrow a sitting president! They are demonstrably active facilitators of the cRat's ongoing and escalating seditious "scorched earth" attack on the Presidency of George W. Bush!



As you walk through the front door of Columbia School of Journalism, the first thing you see is this paragraph, cast on a bronze plaque:



I repeat for emphasize:


What this country really needs is a Special Prosecutor appointed to investigate this conspiracy of collusion!!

12 posted on 11/04/2005 9:10:38 AM PST by Zacs Mom (Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
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To: AmericanDave
the Republican politicos need to reside in Virginia.

Wouldn't help. The venue is where the crime was allegedly committed, not where the defendant lives.

13 posted on 11/04/2005 9:10:42 AM PST by Steve0113 (Stay to the far right to get by.)
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To: Ben Mugged
showcase claims by Leakgate accuser Joe Wilson, the disgruntled former Clinton official who famously charged that the White House lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

One of the skanks on Err America says today that a poll shows 51% of Americans favor impeachment of GWB. Who knows the source of such a poll - probably held on the DUmmies web site. There is some one month old news about Zogby conducting such a poll, but he was demanding payment - certainly Soros could fork over a few pennies for such! Are these people so brain dead that they honestly believe America removes its President based on a POLL?? They are imploding; or is the "impeachment fire" really growing to the point where they think they can get some Repubs to go along with articles of impeachment? What would it be based on? The supposed lies (THAT EVERYONE TOLD)? Yes, I know the house is controlled by the Repubs.

14 posted on 11/04/2005 3:30:17 PM PST by p23185
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To: Zacs Mom

AMEN and AMEN.


15 posted on 11/04/2005 5:33:07 PM PST by Dryman (Now, Back to Lurking)
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To: Steve0113

but since no crime was committed?


16 posted on 11/04/2005 10:16:36 PM PST by AmericanDave (God bless .......and MORE COWBELL)
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To: Ben Mugged

The Score in the Race to Judgment at the White House

Clinton Democrats:

61 indictments or misdemeanor charges

33 convictions

14 imprisonments

7 independent counsel investigations

72 congressional witnesses pleading the Fifth Amendment

19 foreign witnesses who declined interviews by investigative bodies

17 witnesses fleeing the country to avoid testifying


Bush Republicans:

1 indictment, not even on the primary issue


17 posted on 11/06/2005 8:27:46 AM PST by FerdieMurphy (For English press one. Only in America!)
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To: Ben Mugged

Here's some more wishful thinking. I wish they would televise this trial. That is the only way we will know for sure what is said during the testimony. Otherwise it will be reported by news reporters!


18 posted on 11/06/2005 8:31:40 AM PST by SwatTeam
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