Saturday, April 19, 2008
Karl Rove takes on Dan Abrams
I guess Mr. Rove and I have a similar disrespect for the media.
Here, he takes the time to be most eloquent about it...
Here, he takes the time to be most eloquent about it...
In this letter, Karl Rove calls out Dan Abrams, MSNBC, NBC, and the media in general. These are the closing paragraphs:
"People used to believe journalists were searching for the truth. But your cable show increasingly seems to be focused on wishful thinking, hoping something is one way and diminishing the search for facts and evidence in favor of repeating your fondest desires. For example, while you do ask Siegelman what evidence he had to back up his charges, you did not press him when he said 'We don't have the knife with Karl Rove's fingerprints all over it, but we've got the glove, and the glove fits.'
The difficulty with your approach is you reduced yourself to the guy in the bar who repeats what the fellow next to him says – 'The glove fits! The glove fits!' - only louder, because it suits your pre-selected story line ('Bush Justice') and you don’t want the facts to get in the way of a good fable. You have relinquished the central responsibility of an investigative reporter, namely to press everyone in order to get to the facts. You didn’t subject the statements of others to skeptical and independent review. You have chosen instead to simply repeat something someone else says because it agrees with the theme line your producers slapped on your segment, created the nifty graphic for and promoted in the ads before your appearances."
