A Case of Bad Ink: Portrait of Media Is Not So Flattering

Washington Post by Howard Kurtz | Mar. 7, 2007 (News Analysis)

The parade of high-profile Washington journalists who took the stand in the Lewis "Scooter" Libby perjury case were not on trial. But few would dispute that the proceedings, which ended with Libby's conviction on four of five counts yesterday, gave their profession a black eye.

When Vice President Cheney's chief of staff and other top administration officials wanted to neutralize a critic by disclosing his wife's role at the CIA, they turned to ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Mar 7, 2007 - 8:46 AM PST
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 by Bob McInnis - Mar. 7, 2007

A small indictment of journalism practices that could have used Libby conviction to launch a more comprehensive investigation. Maybe more will follow.

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 by Kaizar Campwala - Mar. 7, 2007
Kaizar posted this story.
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 by Bill B May - Mar. 8, 2007

The 2nd paragraph destroys any credibility to this story. "When Vice President Cheney's chief of staff and other top administration officials wanted to neutralize a critic by disclosing his wife's role at the CIA, they turned to some of the capital's most prominent chroniclers, who -- under longstanding local custom -- promised the leakers anonymity." Except it wasn't the Bush administration that leaked the information. It was a renegade in the State Department. And then we have a ... More »

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