Ex-Cheney aide [Cathie Martin] shares media manipulation. I love it

[rodeodance]

the spicy stuff comes drippling out.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070127/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_under_fire;_ylt=AkW0nCSXOYEEKDfHdrZ2Nqas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OTB1amhuBHNlYwNtdHM-


Ex-Cheney aide shares media manipulation

By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN, Associated Press Writer 34 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - A smorgasbord of Washington insider details has emerged during the perjury trial of the vice president's former chief of staff.

For example, when Dick Cheney really needed friends in the news media, his staff was short of phone numbers.

No one served up spicier morsels than Cheney's former top press assistant. Cathie Martin described the craft of media manipulation — under oath and in blunter terms than politicians like to hear in public.

The uses of leaks and exclusives. When to let one's name be used and when to hide in anonymity. Which news medium was seen as more susceptible to control and what timing was most propitious. All candidly described. Even the rating of certain journalists as friends to favor and critics to shun — a faint echo of the enemies list drawn up in
Richard Nixon's White House more than 30 years ago.

[rodeodance]

1. — a faint echo of the enemies list drawn up in........

Even the rating of certain journalists as friends to favor and critics to shun — a faint echo of the enemies list drawn up in
Richard Nixon's White House more than 30 years ago.

The trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby owes its very existence to a news leak, the public disclosure four summers ago of
CIA officer
Valerie Plame's identity.

A private brainstorm of Plame's in 2002 brought a rain of public attacks on Cheney the following year. Cheney was accused of suppressing intelligence and allowing
President Bush to present false information about weapons of mass destruction in
Iraq.

Plame's husband, ex-ambassador Jo

[rodeodance]

2. Documents for the Libby trial may be found at:

On the Net:

Documents for the Libby trial may be found at: http://wid.ap.org/documents/libbytrial/index.html

[Mabus]

6. "Even the rating of certain journalists as friends to favor and critics to shun"

That's also the line I picked up on. Hmmmm, I'd like to know how was on their friendly list. Some are obvious (like Judy Miller) and I think we all have our suspicions on who the others might be.

:popcorn:

[NewJeffCT]

13. was Russert on the list, too?

With the word "Toady" associated with him.

and, who knows what is going on in the mind of Darth Cheney? He probably considers everybody in the media that doesn't offer to give him a blowjob upon meeting to be a potential enemy.

[Kagemusha]

30. Russert was on the list, yes.

And he was listed as their favorite venue, their easiest venue for controlling their message. Sounds about right, doesn't it?

[Supersedeas]

42. Wonder if Russert will ever confront this allegation on his show--probably not.

[JohnnyLib2]

3. Don't you just love it when the ugly tidbits come out?

Transports me right back to the end days of Nixon. We can only hope.....

[NewJeffCT]

15. the media is a lot different now than back then

There was no RW talk radio back then, no Fox News or CNN, no USA Today. The country's newspapers were generally more independent back then as well...

So, even though Bush has done far worse than Nixon or Reagan, the RW has a huge support network in place now to defend themselves and obscure the truth.

[jamesinca]

27. Well Chenney and Rummy are from his administration

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

4. K&R...For the truth is leaking out!

Thanks, rodeo

[peacetalksforall]

5. Who is this writer - I'm impressed. I couldn't follow the transcripts

and live blog reporting at firedoglake, but I thought I got the essense and tidbits of what went on. This writer has done a great job of bringing out the best. Print this out and pass it out and tell people it's a good primer - and that they might as well be in on the beginning of this trial and what it's all about.

[mzmolly]

7. You mean they manipulated the "librul media" who'da thunk it?

:crazy:

[superconnected]

8. Isn't an unbiased media supposed to be the root of good journalism.

Too bad they don't post their names.

[ClintonTyree]

9. The White House must have had Rupert Murdoch....

on speed-dial along with NewsMax, the Moonie Times and most of the Reich-Wing media. I can't think of a single story, and I do mean story (as in fairy tale), that any of those conservative echo chambers wouldn't gladly parrot for the Bush White House.

The myth of the liberal media was well crafted and baited by the Reich-Wing and the mainstream media bit like a hungry shark, trying to appear non-partisan to the point of tilting the balance of "news" severely to the right. What the rabid right couldn't buy, they conned.

Manipulated? That would imply that the media was an unwilling dupe. Since the Cons own most of it it can hardly be said that they were manipulated. They were more of a willing participant in the lies of the White House.

[samsingh]

10. we were right about russert being a gop stooge and a hack

[Supersedeas]

43. notice -- Russert doesn't seem to have any problems with this characterization

[happydreams]

11. This was on PBS's "Washington Week" last night

narrator Gwenn eyeful mentioned the "Friday night newsdump" aspects.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. This is what we suspected all along

[rocktivity]

14. That's why I've always laughed at the moral outrage behind leaks

They're as much a part of politics as anything else.

:headbang:
rocknation

[superconnected]

16. Ex-Cheney aide shares media manipulation

WASHINGTON - A smorgasbord of Washington insider details has emerged during the perjury trial of the vice president's former chief of staff.

For example, when Dick Cheney really needed friends in the news media, his staff was short of phone numbers.

No one served up spicier morsels than Cheney's former top press assistant. Cathie Martin described the craft of media manipulation — under oath and in blunter terms than politicians like to hear in public.

The uses of leaks and exclusives. When to let one's name be used and when to hide in anonymity. Which news medium was seen as more susceptible to control and what timing was most propitious. All candidly described. Even the rating of certain journalists as friends to favor and critics to shun — a faint echo of the enemies list drawn up in Richard


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[hwmnbn]

17. It's the opposite of Nixon's "enemies list" .......

I want to see the names of those conservative columnists that were invited over to Cheney's place.

His "friends" in the media were on a chummy chummy basis getting their talking points at his private residence on a Saturday morning. WTF!?

[Xipe Totec]

18. Friday, the government's favorite moment to deliver bad news.

Why?

"Fewer people pay attention to it later on Friday," Martin testified. "And in our view, fewer people are paying attention on Saturday, when it's reported."

As Martin rated their options, putting Cheney on "Meet the Press," NBC's Sunday morning talk show, "is our best format." Cheney was their best person for the show and "we control the message a little bit more," according to Martin.




Hey! What day is today?...

[DoYouEverWonder]

22. Shouldn't little Timmy

be looking for a new job after a revelation like this?

He has lost any shred of credibility that he might have had left.

[hashibabba]

19. "Which news medium was seen as more susceptible to control..."

Hmmmmmm, which one could it be? I wonder....

[proust78]

20. Ever feel like you've been cheated, Libby?

Everything in the story came out while the prosecution is still presenting? It's so obvious Libby's a mark.

[tabasco]

21. Corporate propaganda masters operating to deceive the American people.

We see the result of massive prolonged propaganda after the Fairness Doctrine.

People who actually vote multiple times for a criminal incompetent like GW Bush.

How can there be that many millions of stupid people in one country? I am stupefied just like the Guardian.

[abelenkpe]

23. reported on a saturday no less nt

[Hoping4Change]

24. Intersting. Thanks for posting this.

[sampsonblk]

25. Only Freepers can be surprised by this-nt

nt

[trudyco]

26. I see AP has a sense of humor - it coming out on Saturday....

So is Jeff Gannon on the friendlies list?

[Say_What]

28. Hey whadaya know, testimony on the use of PROPAGANDA 101

that's why Authorized Propaganda (AP) floated it on a weekend.

[illinoisprogressive]

29. This trial is going to get veeerrrryyyyyyy interesting as it goes along.

[Catherine Vincent]

31. I get a kick out of how they use the media to report what they want reported.

But I gather all administrations did the same thing.

[Rex]

32. The whole shitty group will go down for this crime.

Not for 911 or Iraq, not for Katrina. The trial of a second class hack. And then goes the GOP.

[xchrom]

33. quelle surprise. k&r

and timmy russert? you are exposed.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

34. Obviously, this will get very little coverage by corporate whore media.

[Miss Chybil]

41. You mean it won't be on t.v. right?

Because I always get confused when somebody reads something in the news and then complains because it's not in the news. Just a little pet peeve of mine...

No. I have nothing to do with the "media" other than reading the written part of it.

[SpiralHawk]

35. k & r - because we don't need no stinkin corporate media whores

the airwaves are full of them already...Senor GE Russert, Rush Anal Cyst Limbaugh, Bill "I am a cheap media buy" O'Reilly, and the rest of the corporate media whores on their knees.

[rosesaylavee]

36. Kick n/t

[brentspeak]

37. K & R

:kick:

[goforit]

38. And she had no conscience of the wrong she was committing...AMAZING!!!

[rocktivity]

39. The competition for my 2007 "You Call This NEWS?" award

may already be over!

:headbang:
rocknation

[Morgana LaFey]

40. Bwwaahahaha

It's kinda nice tho to have some of the specific details -- and names.

:evilgrin: