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  • It's Time to Shoot the Messenger (MSM's biased coverage of Rove's comments vs. Durbin's)

    06/29/2005 7:00:54 AM PDT · by cchandler · 114+ views
    The furor surrounding Karl Rove's comments to the New York Conservative Party reminds me of the Larry Summers controversy. People who already loathe him, his policies and his success are grasping at everything they can twist and spin to force him to resign - an action they've been seeking for a long time. The mainstream media, which is largely made up of like-minded people, is playing the usual game of irresponsible gotcha-journalism with Rove's remarks. As is typical, Rove is being chided not for lying, but for bucking political correctness. Excerpts of his speech were taken out of context and...