CNN / Wolf Blitzer - tools for Bush misinformation

[muchacho]

Writing in The New York Times about how hell-bent the Bush Administration is on crushing critics like former anti-terrorism chief Richard Clarke, columnist Paul Krugman mentioned a CNN report I'd missed. And just as well I didn't see it, because I probably would have had an aneurysm.

Krugman says Blitzer told viewers his anonymous government sources were saying Clarke "wants to make a few bucks" off of his book about 9/11; and "that his own personal life, they're also suggesting that there are some weird aspects in his life as well."

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http://www.thenation.com/outrage/index.mhtml?bid=6

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Some journalists seem, finally, to have caught on. Last week an Associated Press news analysis noted that such personal attacks were "standard operating procedure" for this administration and cited "a behind-the-scenes campaign to discredit Richard Foster," the Medicare actuary who revealed how the administration had deceived Congress about the cost of its prescription drug bill.

But other journalists apparently remain ready to be used. On CNN, Wolf Blitzer told his viewers that unnamed officials were saying that Mr. Clarke "wants to make a few bucks, and that his own personal life, they're also suggesting that there are some weird aspects in his life as well."

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/30/opinion/30KRUG.html

[dae]

1. Krugman one of a handful who aren't whoring for the WH.

[muchacho]

2. My email to CNN

My email to CNN

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Mr. Blitzer your comment that your anonymous government sources were saying Clarke "wants to make a few bucks" off of his book about 9/11; and "that his own personal life, they're also suggesting that there are some weird aspects in his life as well." puts you in the rankings of such Bush administration mouthpieces as Robert Novak and Sean Hannity.

Congratulations on arriving to the cocktail party of the powerful elite. I'm sure they're very pleased you've decided to play ball and to lick boots.

[asjr]

3. Good for you!

A very smart E-mail. Blitzer obviously thinks we are not on to him. Glad you told him!

[LibertyorDeath]

5. Oh I hope he read that..That's a thing of beauty...

"Congratulations on arriving to the cocktail party of the powerful elite. I'm sure they're very pleased you've decided to play ball and to lick boots." :) sweet

[BeyondGeography]

4. Krugman kicked Wolfie's butt with that

He's been Mr. Vigilant from Day One against the Bushistas. I hope Bill Safire gets an upset stomach every time he reads one of these columns.