September 18, 2004

It's the White House's fault

By Thomas Lifson
The Los Angeles Times, with an assist from CBS News, once again earns the prize for most imaginative leftist political rationalization. Alert readers will remember the vicious attempts of the LAT to slander Governor Schwartzenegger as a groper prior to his election in the recall campaign, passed off as public—spirited "journalism." According the thrust of their story today on Rathergate, it is all Bush's fault, because, you see, when they interviewed spokesman Dan Bartlett, he neither confirmed nor denied the documents. And besides, they were in a rush to get a "scoop." Coordination of allegations about a missed physical examination with Kitty Kelly's book alleging drug use had nothing at all to do with the timing of the story, you see. And the LAT is more interested int he identity of Buckhead, the Freeper who started the exposure of CBS than int he identity of the purveyor of forged documents. No agenda there at all. Just good journalism. Yeah, that's the ticket. "If we had...(Read Full Article)