[DancesWithBolsheviks]

Well it could have happened. Who are we to question this poor womans circumstances.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Well it could have happened. Who are we to question this poor womans circumstances."

"It could have happened, therefore we'll act as if it did happen" represents the journalistic philosophy that's been routinely used against the Bush administration. For example, when Rove resigned, my local paper cited the U.S. Attorney firings as an example of his legacy, even though there is as yet nothing to link him with those firings. They also treated the fact that he was not charged in the Plame case as if he had been found guilty of "outing" her.