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Milbank (D), Froomkin (D), and all the rest
By Ben Domenech Posted in User Blogs — Comments (1) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
While I'm no huge fan of LGF, I do find this latest post to be a great illustration of where the MSM stands on the political spectrum. Of course, you don't have to read everything penned by Messrs. Milbank and Froomkin to know that they often lapse into the foolish spew of DNC shills... and you don't have to hold on to the silly idea that if you're a reporter, you shouldn't vote.
But if you're covering The White House, and you almost assuredly voted against the guy you're covering... don't you think that might seep through into what you're writing? Just a little? Huh?
The Post's two primary writers on intelligence, Walter Pincus and Dana Priest, cause DNC operatives everywhere to rejoice every time they write. Pincus, for example, was one of Joe Wilson's key cheerleaders--that is, before Wilson's assertions and credibility were largely destroyed.
Pincus and Priest combined to throw water on the story that broke earlier this year, about the memo from the Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee who were planning specific ways to politicize the committee's review of 9/11 and Iraq. Where the WaPo fanned the flames on other stories (e.g., Joe Wilson), Pincus and Priest led the bucket brigade that prevented the "Memogate" story from taking off. I'm sure SEN Jay Rockefeller renewed his Post subscription once he saw Pincus and Priest's reporting.
If you want more proof, look at the way the WaPo has handled the "magic hat" story, where John Kerry reportedly sported a hat which he (allegedly) received from a CIA operative during his Swift Boat days in Cambodia. The reporter who broke the story of the "magic hat" was a WaPo staffer--Laura Blumenthal, I think. Yet, when the "Christmas in Cambodia" story took center stage in the MSM, where was Blumental, to report/capitalize on her scoop? Safely out of town, on an expenses-paid fact-finding trip to a tropical island with no phone or Internet?
I exaggerate here, but here's my point. The Post had Kerry in its sights on the "magic hat" issue. Its reporter was in a wonderful position to exploit this story. Yet, she didn't. And, ya gotta wonder why.