Novak speaks to the NY DAILY NEWS

[wndycty]

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A calmer Novak told us later: "He said I was trying to please the editorial writers of The Wall Street Journal. I thought that was an unacceptable questioning of my integrity. I overreacted.

"I've gotten into a lot of shouting matches with James when I'm unable to outshout him. I just got a little frustrated."

CNN host Ed Henry said on the air that he'd hoped to ask Novak about the grand jury inquiry into his column revealing the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame, but Novak denied that's why he bailed out.

"I knew what he was going to ask," he told us, "and I knew the answer I was going to give."
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/334594p-285884c.html

[dbt]

1. Hmmmm. Smells like bullshit. Looks like bullshit.

Feels like bullshit. *Smack* tastes like bullshit. Damn, it IS bullshit! Sure glad we didn't STEP in it!

:evilgrin:

[H2O Man]

2. Are you okay, Mr. Novak?

You seem to be a little tense.

[radfringe]

3. ummmmmmmmmmm....

sounds like "it's not my fault that I lost control" ...."it's Carville's fault for saying I was trying to please the editorial writers of The Wall Street Journal"....

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. It's the Clenis' fault. n/t

[keopeli]

4. I assure you, this is exactly what CNN's lawyers and Novak's lawyers

instructed him to say. I don't believe it just because it came out of his mouth. But, I will accept that he admitted that he "overreacted."

Now, take a long overdue break...maybe even retire. Get off the stage and go live on an island somewhere. Just be ready in case we need you for the trial.

[remfan]

5. Maybe Novak didn't realize (or forgot) the show was live

"Just let it go." (Novak is probably talking to the crew or Ed Henry thinking the "bullshit" could be edited out later)

Then, realizing that the show is live (or being told by the crew), realizing that he's just said bullshit on the air, and that he's not going to get any chance for a "do-over" if he gets in trouble during the Plame/Who's Who? segment...it takes a split second for all that to dawn on him, and so he walks off rather than risk getting himself any deeper into it.

And of course, true to form, Novak blames Carville.

[Karmakaze]

6. His excuse convicts him!!!

The segment where ther walk out occured was talking about Katherine Harris. Carville said that Novak was trying to please his RIGHT WING buddies, trying to show he had a backbone.

Carville never said anything about the Wall Street Journal, yet that is what Novak claims he heard. That can only be because the Wall Street Journal was on his mind, and he was WORRIED about it.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

10. carville did mention the WSJ

Carville said to host Ed Henry, describing Novak: "He's gotta show these right-wingers that he's got backbone, you know. The Wall Street Journal editorial page is watching you. Show 'em you're tough."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200508040004

[symbolman]

7. Takebackthemedia.com filed Assault charges on Novak Jan 27th Here's Video

Wow. He's lost it again - just saw the footage on CNN and we at Takebackthemedia.com are NOT surprised. Novak has actually ATTACKED people before and then Lied about what happened to the Washington Post - We know, we were THERE when it happened, I actually caught Brad Carr, the man who was assaulted by Novak.


Watch the video here: http://web.takebackthemedia.com/geeklog/public_html/staticpages/index.php?page=20050805004552146


Here's what we posted back in January 2004 about the assault.


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A Take Back the Media SCOOP - Novak savagely attacks onlooker at New
Hampshire Primaries.

From Takebackthemedia.com on January 27th, 2004 --

CNN has created massive coverage of the New Hampshire Primaries - bringing with them on their gaudy Election 2004 bus a host of their news anchors, including one Robert Novak - who is most well known for his obfuscating on CROSSFIRE.

Remember Robert Novak? He's the source of the Valerie Plame CIA outing in the media and has never been called to task for what appears to be a rather substantial breaking of Federal LAW.

As of this date, for nearly 100 days no one in this administration has wanted to touch this - for apparently someone high in the Bush administration has to have passed this information along to Novak, and whoever did that may be culpable legally as well.

It looks like there is some movement in that direction - a Grand Jury is being empaneled for this purpose. To me if looks like Novak is screwed either way. If he tells WHO gave him that information - he has no credibility - if he DOESN'T talk, he may be jailed. He may be jailed anyway - as I understand it (and I am not a lawyer) this is a CRIME.

So it would make sense that Novak is worried - perhaps to the point of losing his cool or his mind - which he did on January 27 outside of the Merrick Restaurant at about 5:15 pm. I was there, I saw it - I even caught the guy that Novak attacked.

I can't get the image out of my mind. Novak looked like a little caged animal - fist locked and *censored*ed back, he wasn't through with his victim before getting hustled off and onto the bus.

How did we get to this moment?

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Trying to Contact Olbermann show and let him know about this, anyone who wants to post this to his blog or contact him about I'd appreciate it.

[atommom]

8. It's too bad that being able to "outshout" the other guy has become

a substitute for a good, honest debate. But in the good, honest debate department, Novak's got nothin.'