Big Name Journalists Spar Over Sources at NYC Gathering

[Halliburton]

http://209.11.49.220/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001015561

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Wolff, whose column in the September issue of Vanity Fair sharply hit the role of journalists in the Plame story, pushed his argument even further this morning over a plate of scrambled eggs and pancakes. He posited that if Time magazine had run the Matt Cooper story -- i.e. Rove as the leaker and master puppeteer -- a year ago, President Bush may not be in office serving a second term or we may not have had as many deaths in Iraq.

Further, Wolff called this the "biggest story of our age."

First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams, who is representing jailed New York Times reporter Judith Miller in the Plame case, dismissed Wolff's remarks as pure hyperbole. "Reporters should keep their word to their sources," he said.

Washington Post Op-Ed columnist Richard Cohen seemed to enjoy sparring with Wolff the most: "This is not a major story. It's a crappy little crime and it may not be a crime at all," he said. "The issue is this: You gave your word, you stick to it."
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A crappy little crime, huh? Well, the judges who put Miller in jail didn't seem to think so.

[Pithy Cherub]

1. Wolff at least called out his peers on missing the story of the DECADE!

The scrambled egg media whores respond with whining and belittling the facts so they do not seem as complit and duplicitous as rotten eggs of the first rank!

They should not be able to run away from their crimes or aiding and abetting other criminals - Judy, that would be you too!