Monday, June 26, 2006
Media - Cheerleaders?
There was a lot of hype (maybe hope) in the media that Karl Rove was going to be indicted. Now that he won't be, the media bears some scrutiny...
Here's the opinion of the Washington Times:
"It is normal for Democrats as the party of opposition to inflate the possibility of the indictment of a figure as important as Mr. Rove. But the media's job is very different. They're supposed to be reporting the facts."
"Unfortunately, at times, some in the media sounded more like cheerleaders for Mr. Wilson, who said in 2003 that 'it's of keen interest to me to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs.' In October, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert referred to Mr. Rove as 'the administration's resident sleazemeister, who is up to his ears in this mess but has managed so far to escape indictment'; in November he declared that Mr. Rove and Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, were "clowns" who had been 'playing games with the identity of a CIA agent.'"
