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What makes you think that he wasn't 'peppered' or that he wasn't sitting up and laughing and talking?

You need to come up with some facts to back up your assertions here that we were being deceived about his condition.

The matter was dealt with as it should have been. Whittington was given proper medical attention from the beginning, and the problem with his heart was a result of movement of the birdshot within his chest cavity (the Dr. yesterday verified that the penetration into the chest cavity was not unusual because Whittington is lean).

The original report was that he had been hit in the face, neck and CHEST. There was no mishandling of the "PR" here. The only error here was that the WH Presscorps revealed their infantile behavior in throwing a tantrum that they weren't told soon enough.........and that they haven't shut up since.

(And actually I used the word 'shot' quite deliberately. You're obviously accusing someone of something. Who?)

I don't doubt that he was sitting up, laughing, and talking, and "peppered" is one way to describe being hit in the face, neck, and chest by 20-25% of the full pattern of the load. The facts were apparent from the start, but the emphasis has been to minimize the injury. From a medical standpoint, the care has been first-rate, but almost everyone commenting on the injury has been downplaying the risks.

I suppose it's possible to describe the press frenzy as being the inevitable result of the MSM's incompetence and their hatred of Cheney, but I maintain that this could have been handled better. Who's fault is that? The White House has said they're deferring to Mr Cheney in deciding haw to manage this. I'd say he's been getting bad advice.