uh-huh...
BTW, what about the "public's right to know" re those pesky cartoons?
Hack. Shill. Coward.
Posted on 02/14/2006 4:39:05 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
February 14, 2006 - 07:33
Imagine you're a member of the media, and in your heart you believe that a major official wouldn't mind seeing you burn to death. Think that might affect the way you cover him?
A comment this morning by veteran CBS reporter Bill Plante, while perhaps intended to be light-hearted, pulled back the curtain on just how antagonistic the White House press corps believes VP Cheney to be toward them. But more importantly, it suggests how antagonistic they likely feel in return.
The topic was the Veep's accidental shooting of hunting partner Harry Whittington, and more particularly the very contentious press conference yesterday between the White House press corps and presidential spokesman Scott McClellan.
Plante claimed that:
"It's not about us, it's not about the reporters. It's about the fact that the White House is expected to disclose any information about what happens to the President and the Vice-President as soon as they can. In any other White House that I've covered, and that's several as you know, the Vice-President would never have this kind of power [to control the flow of information."
Plante then added his zinger:
"But if it were up to Dick Cheney, he wouldn't tell us if our shirts were on fire, for heaven's sake."
Back in New York, Harry Smith broke into nervous laughter, perhaps aware that Plante had let the cat out of the bag on just how much the White House press corps disdains the Vice-President of the United States.
Early Show/NewsBusters yer-shirt's-on-fire ping to the Today Show list.
There was no controlling legal authority requiring VP Cheney to inform the press.
Why should he?
I say we toruch one hundred reporters, bring the VP into the area, and count the number of reports he actually tells that they are on fire -- then divide by 100 to get the percentage. Repeat about fifty times to make sure the percentages are stable.
It's their pants that are on fire.
With as much crap as the MSM shovels at Cheney, I wouldn't blame him a bit for feeling that way. I wouldn't cooperate with them any more than I had to, either.
Do they need someone to tell them their shirts are on fire?
Has anyone determined how much time elapsed between the Toon injuring himself at some late night party and its revelation to the all important press corps?
LOL. Says alot about the reportorial skills of the WH press corps, doesn't it?
As someone earlier wrote in their tagline....Hunting with Cheney is safer than driving with Kennedy.
uh-huh...
BTW, what about the "public's right to know" re those pesky cartoons?
Hack. Shill. Coward.
Got a match?
The White House press corps thinks it doesn't stink after they use the toilet, too.
Good. I wouldn't either.
Hey Bill, not only would Dick Cheney not tell you that your shirts were on fire, he wouldn't walk across the street to piss on you if you were on fire. Nor would I.
A good analogy. If a reporter is too stupid to see his own shirt on fire, why tell him?
Bill Plante can now be referred to as either Skeet or Clay.
Right, and I doubt he's waste precious bodily fluids extinguishing it either.
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