Letters to the Editor
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Michael Ware
I saw him on Maher Friday and many don't know what to make of him today because he sounds like he's stumping for McCain. I think it's really the other Powell Doctrine he's advocating: The Pottery Barn rule
Some won't see any difference, I suppose.
Romenesko:
From DAVID KILEY, BusinessWeek: I know covering the war from Iraq is a tough job. But I have been confused about the role of CNN correspondent Michael Ware. First on NPR, and then again on Bill Maher's show, Ware has been speaking more like an advocate for John McCain than a reporter covering a story. In both interviews, Ware waxed about how dangerous it would be for troops to withdraw as fast as 12-15 months after a new President is inaugurated. On Maher, he even went so far as to push the position that Iraq would quickly become a playground for terrorists sitting atop one of the world's biggest oil supplies.
Is this covering a story, or running for office? I'm not even saying Ware is wrong. But since when is it his role to advocate one side of a policy being debated in the U.S.? He could certainly present the arguments of both sides and give his expertise about where each argument falls down. But I confess I was left with the feeling that I was listening to a reporter about as objective as Ollie North on Fox. Is Ware really fit to properly cover the occupation of Iraq and deliver reports for voters to digest in an election year if he's so openly in the tank for one side?
http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=13227
Ware a year ago:
Michael Ware: “I dont know what part of Neverland Senator McCain is talking about…”
Watch it here at Crooks & Liars:
http://tinyurl.com/3xewe5
He gets no pass from Ware. It's pretty brutal.
And MMFA:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200703290009
A transcript is here:
McCain’s credibility on Iraq ‘has now been left out hanging to dry’
Posted March 28th, 2007 at 9:35 am
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/10338.html