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From my files, in reference to Kristof:

Finally, Mr. Kristof closes with a value-added Premium Truth Select wrinkle - apparently, he has decided to provide a very subtle (unannounced, we might say) correction to his Oct 11, 2003 column. We dare not predict what tomorrow will bring, but this is from the current version of his entry, as he deplores the attacks on Joe Wilson, private citizen:
And the fact is that his wife's career at CIA has been destroyed; she's never going to be Rome Station Chief.
Fascinating.

Yes, that is indeed fascinating and brings to light the relationship between Kristof and the Wilsons. How would Kristof know such a juicy detail about Valerie's future ambitions? Easy...Joe told him. You see, Kristof was the original person who wrote about Joe Wilson's trip {admittedly} as related to him by none other than Wilson himself. It was the trigger that set in motion a series of events that has brought this matter to where it is today. Some think that with the end of Fitzgerald's investigation, this whole matter is over. But is it really?

Good find! Kristof has escaped all serious scrutiny for his role in beginning this MSM/Demagogue political jihad (also escaping scrutiny so far are Pincus, Corn, et al). The media frauds think it is fine for THEM to sling around any sort of allegation against the Bush WH without bothering to do the slightest genuine investigation and reporting.

Incidentally, I think Kristof's columns on this subject show that the MSM needs to be dragged over hot coals on the ethical issues regarding an OPINION COLUMNIST breaking major news based upon allegations from an anonymous person. It was also highly unethical for the NY Times to provide op-ed space in July 2003 for Joe Wilson to make all sorts of unverified allegations in a setting for OPINION pieces..... what the are news standards (non-existent) for the NY Times and other MSM organs to allow major news stories to be broken open by unverified, unreported, unresearched OPINION pieces? The Slimes should have had a responsibility to verify what Wilson was claiming before turning themselves into his agit-prop rag, but even now they have failed utterly to do any real, even-handed investigation and reporting.... Kristof thinks lyin' Joe Wilson should have virtual immunity from criticism as a "private citizen" but of course he voluntarily chose to open this public jihad against the WH while lying through his teeth on just about everything.... and any criticism of the vicious critics immediately gets turned into "attacks" and "threats" and "war on their careers" etc. Wilson & co. want immunity to launch any sort of vicious attacks without the slightest response from their INNOCENT targets.

[KRISTOF]:"More generally, I find the attacks on a private citizen like Wilson rather distasteful. Sure, he injected himself into the public arena with his op-ed column and TV appearances, and so some scrutiny is fair. But I figure it's more important to examine and probe the credibility of, say, the vice president than a retired ambassador. And the fact is that his wife's career at CIA has been destroyed; she's never going to be Rome Station Chief."