The media is never, ever going to wake up. Ever.

[SweetZombieJesus]

A senior White House official (probably George Tenet) told the Washington Post that at least two top White House officials leaked the identity of Joe Wilson's wife as a CIA agent. This is, of course, a felony, and in a country with a real press corps instead of a bunch of elitist whore-pigs, this thing would make Watergate look like Clinton's fictious $1,000 haircut.

Instead, CNN is running some "sexy" story on the Medellin cartel and Carlos Escobar, who, last time I checked, is dead, and not part of the Bush administration (though he'd probably raise the group integrity level just a smidgeon). MSNBC is running "War Stories" with Ollie North, who, being himself a former White House criminal, would be GREAT to ask about this whole thing. Of course, nary a peep is uttered about it.

And Fox is probably running a special on how Democrats eat babies or something. I didn't bother to check.

So that's our cable news networks, the guys who have 24 hours to cover these stories, as opposed to the network news who have an hour a day or so. I'd estimate maybe 20 million (that may be a bit high) Americans get their news almost exclusively from the easy to digest cable news networks.

So that's 20 million Americans or so that don't know ANYTHING about this story, and as such, don't feel the need to care.

So anyone else want to sit around waiting for the media to pull their heads out of their collective asses, or should we heed the words of Jello Biafra, when he said "Don't fear the media, be the media."

Every last one of us should be starting blogs, sending emails, and writing LTTE of their local newspaper about this.

Or we could just sit here and piss in the punch bowl to spite the supporters of candidates we don't like. It's up to you, DU. If you contribute nothing but internecine name-calling and infantile bashing to the process, you will be responsible for George Bush being reelected just as much as the assholes who vote for him. If you roll up your sleeves, stop wasting time, and channel your outrage and frustration at this administration to actually seeing these fuckers be held accountable for something, ANYTHING.

[FlashHarry]

1. That Escobar piece is a re-re-re-re-rerun.

They seem to trot that out every Sunday... when they're not running some how-CNN-reporters-in-Iraq-risk-their-lives-and-still-kick-ass story.

[FauxNewsBlues]

2. Somewhat good news

It is more like 3 million americans who actually watch the cable news at a time.
Still they suck. This story is so easy for them. It's a ready made easy to legwork Washington leaking scandal. it's a no brainer for them. They have no brains. It's synergy.

[TexasEditor]

3. Profanity is lazy.

Stop watching cable TV and read a newspaper.

By the way, AOL has posted this story on their sign in page, so it's mainstream news now, amigo.

[xray s]

4. The national media is a joke

But WGN radio has been leading with this story all day. Since Novak is a local boy, they are also saying he may be tried for a felony.

That is what I want to see...Novak in a perp walk wearing leg irons...yeah.

[janekat]

5. THIS is why the story got out on a Sat and a Sun - in my opinion.

They already have their "set" programs unlike the weekdays.

[screembloodymurder]

6. My LTTE

To the Editor:

“CIA Operative Unmasked”, this story, tucked inside your News in Brief in the Sept. 28th edition of the Sunday News, begs an explanation if not a front-page headline. The CIA has asked the Justice Department to investigate the White House to determine if administration officials revealed the identity of a CIA operative. Under the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, passed in 1982, disclosing the identity of a covert operative is a felony. Such a disclosure endangers both the agent and the agent’s sources.

The agents name was disclosed by Robert Novak in his July 14th syndicated column. Novak cited two, senior level, administration officials as his sources. Other administration sources have since described this leak as retaliation for former Ambassador Joseph Wilson’s (the agent’s husband) public challenge of intelligence used to justify the war in Iraq in the President’s State of the Union address.

To quote a former President and Director of the CIA:

"Even though I'm a tranquil guy now at this stage of my life, I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious, of traitors."

G.H.W.BUSH, 1999

[laruemtt]

8. we can get the guardian

to do the story and humiliate our press in a glaring way on the world stage. if they even have enough decency left to be humiliated. our press will be the laughing stock of the world, even more than it already is. can't we get some international news - aljazeerah? anybody? to run on our airwaves so people can get the truth? if our media aren't serving us, they go under. free enterprise. survival of the fittest and all that stff.

[Jack The Tab]

7. I agree with you, however, Dateline just opened tonight with the story..

This thing is getting legs.

[proud patriot]

9. I protested in SF today

I was yelling so loud I lost my voice ..

:D it was a great day

[MoonAndSun]

10. The Big 3 networks news all had the Wilson story today,

ABC and CBS led off their programs with it and NBC had it 2nd (after Arnie). All 3 were daming to bush* and had clips of Chuck Schumer saying this has to investigated, and I know on one of the clips it was mentioned that they may have to assign a special prosecutor to it instead of have the DOJ investigate.

We should not get too upset about the cable shows. The Big 3 news always are seen by more Americans then the cable shows, and the viewers of the cable news shows are like us, very partisan and have a certain point of view.

[nostamj]

11. cable news is not 'news'

aside from 'breaking' coverage, it is utterly useless and should be ignored.

the national evening broadcasts are another story altogether (and get FAR more viewers)

ABC led with the Plame story tonight. and there have been hard-hitting stories every night on all three evening news broadcasts. hard-hitting as in CRITICAL of BushCo.

I certainly agree that cable 'news' is worthless. it's infotainment at its most cynical. 'laci' is not and never was a NATIONAL story. and Arnulled has been SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS even though the majority of the cable audience has no vote in CA.

if Gary Coleman had been the repuke 'celeb' would we be watching this sickness???