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Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:00 AM

Richard Cohen's brilliant (and unintentional) expose of our media

The Beltway press's anger over the tragic plight of Scooter Libby highlights its true allegiances.

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  • Tuesday, June 19, 2007 06:26 AM

    My God, it really does say it all..........

    ...it is often best to keep the lights off.

    You're right Glenn. This really epitomizes what the corporate media has become over the last decade or so.

    Wow. Just.. Wow.

    See, we really didn't need that pesky first amendment after all.

    This is a keeper too:

    ...he was appointed to look into a run-of-the-mill leak

    The intentional outing of a US national security asset, who was working in a covert manner to gather information on weapons of mass destruction, mere months after the wort terrorist attack in American history, all in an apparently successful attempt to intimidate others to not speak out of line, all of that is reduced to a "run-of-the-mill leak".

    Wow. Just.. Wow.

    I think Atrios has not just his wanker of the day, not just his wanker of the month, but he finally has his wanker for the ages. The wanker to end all wankers.

    Wow. Just... Wow.

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