[DesScorp]

In a long rebuttal, Rove tears into MSNBC's reporting of the ex-Governor Don Siegelman prosecution, destroying the assertions one by one. Like The New Republic's problems with Stephen Glass, it appears MSNBC hung its entire story on the fraudulent testimony of a con artist.

[stockpirate]

“it appears MSNBC hung its entire story on the fraudulent testimony of a con artist.”

And this is new in what way.

Do you expect anything different?

[oh8eleven]

I saw Karl Rove give a speech at a college a few weeks ago on C-SPAN. I don’t know why the man isn’t running for office.

[SkyDancer]

There’s a reason media articles are called stories. That’s what they are most of the time. Stories. A reporter is nothing more than a storyteller when it comes right down to it. He has a limited number of facts to work with, and from those facts he must weave a tale that will hold the reader. Some of the facts the reporter has are accurate; some are not. But either way, the facts are not the story. The story lies in the inferences, the color, and the spin. These are what reports are paid for, and their job – their sacred oath – is to make the news pop. It has to sing. It has to thrill. Without all that, it isn’t really news to anyone.

IMHO - Jane

[elizabetty]

Marxist
Socialist
Nightly
Bull$hit
Channel

[DainBramage]

From the first day the liberals heard the name Carl Rove it became synonymous with and getting their asses kicked.

[latina4dubya]

note of an ample-sized, redheaded woman who kept showing up at his events with a camera?

hahaha! excellent word picture by Rove...

[Cicero]

I’m sure MSNBC will immediately and publicly apologize for their inexcusably shoddy journalism, and spend as much time exonerating Rove as they spent attacking him.

[misterrob]

In fact, it seems you believe that the absence of any concrete evidence is itself evidence of the conspiracy. If you don’t have any proof Karl Rove did it, that absence is proof enough. I am that good.

Wow....

[1rudeboy]

In fact, it seems you believe that the absence of any concrete evidence is itself evidence of the conspiracy. If you don’t have any proof Karl Rove did it, that absence is proof enough. I am that good.

Bwahaha.

[kjo]

I rarely watch or read the MSM anymore; and when I do, I do so with a jaundiced eye or ear.

They ARE such a bunch of liars.

[andyandval]

Rove is awesome!

Dan Abrams, go sit in the corner because you suck and so does your whole "news" channel.

[Major Matt Mason]

MSNBC has bought into the idea that Fox is the Republican network, and so are operating as if they are the Democrat network. The problem is, Fox is much more balanced in their coverage than what liberals accuse them of, so MSNBC is living a lie and providing lousy news reportage in the process.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Karl Rove: I know you might be concerned that asking these questions could restrict your ability to make sensational charges on the air, but don’t you think you have a responsibility to provide even a shred of supporting evidence before sullying the journalistic reputations of MSNBC and NBC?

I've caught Dan Abrams talking about this issue in an accusatory way. I hope this article puts him in his place.

[G Larry]

Hey Dan!

Better put some ice on that!

[Califelephant]

Dan Abrams is picking up the “fake but accurate” torch from Dan Rather, and running with it.

[Natural Law]

Once again....Rove, you magnificent bastard!

[wildbill]

i WANT TO KNOW IF rOVE GOT ANY REPLY AT ALL FROM MSNBC OR ABRAMS.

[Wil H]

Ouch!

That left a mark!

[billhilly]

Dan Abrams, Dan Rather. Same man, different suit.

[Southack]

Simpson is impossible to miss due to her height and strawberry hair.

Those of us who know of her in college likewise know that she decorated her dorm room and her personal night attire floor to ceiling, head to to toe, in Strawberry Shortcake memorabilia (including sheets and PJ’s).

As for her being a “Republican Operative,” she’s never been at any state, local, or national event, meeting, or work effort for which I’ve attended over the past 14 years here in Alabama...and her friendship with former Governor Siegelman (a Democrat) brings such a claim to the contrary by her into sharp doubt.

but then...I only live/work here. It’s not like I made a phone call from New York as the full extent of some journalistic “reporting” of an Alabama story.

MSNBC needs to research: Truman Capote and his in person interviewing, as none at that channel seem to have picked up such habits in J-School.