So that's how I fill myself in. But they don't give each specific word (like a transcript), they're more general. Well I looked on the site today and something caught my eye. They started talking about what was said on the panel segment about Enron. They wrote that Brit stated that he thinks the job of the media is to show why Enron isn't a scandal, and that Tony said that there are questions about Enron's influence over energy policy.
Having not watched the show, I can't figure out what was actually stated and how it was meant. I may have misread it or perhaps i'm just not able to figure it out, but that doesn't sound like something Snow would say. What did Tony say during the panel about Enron and Whose side did he seem to be taking (who was he more argumentative with). I'm telling you here and now, if he or any other conservative starts joining in the Bush-bashing, i'm boycotting their shows. I'm all fired up!
Juan Williams started babbling on about Dick Cheney and the energy task force and how it was kept secret. Brit Hume interrupts him and talks about how that is unrelated and it is the job of the press to keep this straight and let people know that the two - Enron's collapse and Cheney's task force - are unrelated. Tony then tries to get the conversation back on track and mumbles (I have a hard time with Tony some times) something about Enron influencing energy policy (at this point I am about to explode and am thinking, come on Fred, say how Lay was an advisor to Clinton on energy policy) and they go back to Cheney and the energy task force. Fred pipes up that the two are unrelated but nevertheless, Cheney should release the list and that will be the end of it.
I don't think Tony was trying to get at Bush here but the whole show was kind of wierd. Earlier, they (Brit and Tony)were interviewing Dingell about all this and Tony asks, "well, what are you going to do about making the Enron employees whole again?!" I can't remember what Dingell said exactly but something about giving his political contribution from Enron back to a fund for the employees.
I emailed a nasty note to Fox and said their and everyone else's coverage on this has been deplorable - all rumor and innuendo.
The whole story is ridiculous. The only reason it is getting so much play is because George W is from Texas and he has a friendship with Ken Lay and it's an energy company. Period. There is no political scandal here. It is a business scandal sure but let the Justice Dept and SEC sort it out. Congress should stay away.
Hope this helps.