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The New Republic "scandal." The issue more important than Gonzales' "perjury." More on Beltway seriousness.
Glenn Greenwald [2007-07-27]

  • Shame on me I suppose . . .

    . . . for being shocked by anything Howard Kurtz writes but didn't he even outhack himself in today's column about the New Republic matter

    Four days ago he writes a column pushing the right wing talking point that Scott Thomas wasn't a soldier, instead just a creation of some New Republic staffer.

    Now, today, when it is known that Thomas is indeed a soldier serving in Iraq, Kurtz suddenly switches to the new right wing talking point; i.e., that it was the accuracy of the content in the diaries that was always doubted.

    Wouldn't a real journalist somehow work into today's column this sudden talking point shift by his primary sources? And wouldn't the fact that they were so wrong the first time in their complaints about Thomas cause the journalist to think seriously about given them another ten inches of column space on the topic?

    -- OrangeDad
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    Friday, July 27, 2007 11:22 AM
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