Letters to the Editor
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Woodward, et al.
I continually feel that I'm living in Alice's "Wonderland." I am just a well-informed citizen. So why did I know that Woodward was a Bush Administration shill when Sidney Blumenthal, the rest of the Commentariat, and the entire leadership of the Democratic Party did NOT?
Are you guys so brain-washed by your own and others' sense of self-importance that you can't apply common sense?
Woodward has been spinning for the GOP for years! He hasn't done a decent piece of reporting in 20 years or more. You can't trust a word he says.
It does not take a lot of smarts to see that. It just takes common sense.....and honesty, both things the Commentariat has forgotten all about.
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Journalists aren't prosecutors
Bob Woodward did what any good reporter would do: He maintained his silence about a confidential source. It's not his job to come forward with information about what he has heard, that's activism.
Many comments have bandied about the term "coverup," but Woodward didn't cover it up, he just didn't volunteer any information to the prosecutor. That's his job, to remain impartial and not give up his source.
If Woodward had lied under oath or deceived the public that would be different. But he did the correct thing for a journalist. You don't have to like it but expecting him to be an activist for either political party is inappropriate and illustrates a poor understanding of what good reporters are supposed to do.
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My superficial judgements based on appearance are surprisingly accurate.
Ever notice how Woodward kind of looks like Ron Popeil, infomercial huckster?
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Too little, too late
I, too, enjoy Blumenthal's columns, but I fail to see where this one said anything that we didn't really already know. Not only was it particularly short, but it's covering a story that was hot, um, WEEKS ago. It would have been nice to read when it had a tad more relevancy. I don't believe in letting a good story get let go of, either, but what did this piece teach us? It felt like a rehash. Maybe it was supposed to be published a couple weeks ago?
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Blumenthal was a Clinton flack while writing for the New Yorker
Blumie wrote laudatory articles about Pres. Clinton for the New Yorker...everybody knew he was on Clinton's team, and went directly to a job at the White House. Match me, Sidney.
[if you don't get this, just ask]
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The Woodward Coverup
The vagaries of journalism continue to baffle me and I'm certain others as well. Most of the press corps have their undies in a bunch because Bob Woodward didn't expose and proclaim all he knew about the Valerie Plame (sic) leak. What if in a world where all things could be equal, Woodward decided to act with integrity and decided not to 'out' Plame as an agent? Wouldn't it be just grand if journos once again decided that news, real news was more important than political antagonisms and that they have the power to protect individuals as well as expose chicanery? My, my...what a concept.
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Here we go again....
...with the blame it on Clinton b.s. 911? Clinton's fault. Recession? Clinton's fault. Oral sex? Well, Clinton didn't falsify and distort intelligence to get us into the biggest blunder of all time. So what if "Blumie" wrote supposedly nice pieces about Clinton. Woodward used to be an honest muckraker. Now he's a raking in the muck the Bush administration feeds him.