Comments on: Michael Isikoff’s Chat with Cheney’s Lawyer

By: alabama

alabama — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:22:00 +0000

Do you picture a team of Paraguayan commandos, rushing him off to The Hague?

By: MrWhy

MrWhy — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:21:50 +0000

More like

Would you believe two dachsunds pissing on a fire hydrant?

By: rdwdkw

rdwdkw — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:48:25 +0000

Great Marci, just great,thank you.

By: prostratedragon

prostratedragon — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:13:46 +0000

Chaco Grande no longer looking so good, eh?

By: phred

phred — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:39:19 +0000

Great post EW. It stands well on its own of course, but when combined with Glenn Greenwald’s excellent indictment of ABC’s refusal to reveal their bentonite source, the two pieces brilliantly illuminate the complete absence of ethics in Beltway ~~journalism~~ propaganda. Like Greenwald, I have generally been supportive of shield laws for journalists, but given recent events I am no longer convinced that such laws can be crafted narrowly enough to prevent manipulation by those in government (and their lawyers) from spreading disinformation.

By: bmaz

bmaz — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:05:16 +0000

I’ll fully admit that I have been on a little bit of a warpath about Olbermann since maybe late January or so; his primary coverage was so slanted, almost to the point of being vertical, to Obama and spiteful against others, especially Clinton (hey, she earned some fair and square, KO was way over the top though) that i just literally couldn’t listen to him anymore. And I was a fan of his since ESPN days. Milbank seems like a guy that isn’t a deep political reporter, but that might be at least competent at it if he stuck to that, and isn’t funny in the least, yet tries to bridge those elusive gaps. A destitute man’s Dave Barry. I got nothing against him; I just find him boring and trite.

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:47:09 +0000

I gotta agree about Olbermann. He’s more about audience than journalism but I’m still confused about Milbank because I think he’s more about journalism and career as a journalist than anything else.

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:44:45 +0000

July 29, 2008, 7:43 pm
Obama to House Democrats: ‘This Is Your Moment’

Sarah Lueck reports on Congress.

Sen. Barack Obama paid an upbeat visit to House Democrats, his first meeting with the full group of lawmakers whose fortunes are tightly tied to his this fall. “This is your moment,” he told them.

The Democratic presidential candidate told the group that the positive response he received in Germany and the rest of Europe was “not about him,” said House Democratic Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina. Rather, Obama said he was a “symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions.” Lawmakers gave that remark a standing ovation.

By: bmaz

bmaz — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:41:40 +0000

Olbermann doesn’t give a damn about accuracy; if it was twisted for humor about anybody but Obama, he would not care one bit. Olbermann is so deep in the tank for Obama he pretty much can’t see daylight; witness the disingenuous and belligerent covering he performed for Obama’s FISA cave in and flip flop. Milbank did similar bizarre stuff every other time he was on. No, this is all about taking a shot at Milbank for walking away from Olbermann. Just one of many who have done so.

By: bobschacht

bobschacht — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:38:18 +0000

Well, does this mean that Countdown has standards of journalism? Who knew?

–Glad to see it, though!

Bob in HI