CNN already proclaiming that Rove comes out clean, reports "no smoking gun"

[ProSense]

Senators come up short on Rove smoking gun

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee may have spent Thursday grilling Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former chief of staff, but many of their questions were directed at a man not even in the room -- Karl Rove.

Clearly frustrated about not being able to question Rove directly, senators used Kyle Sampson's voluntary appearance before the committee to discern how much President Bush's trusted political consigliere was involved in the controversial firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year.

Sampson told senators the plan to replace the attorneys had been reviewed by Rove, which Sampson believed he needed to do before they were fired.

But ultimately, Sampson's testimony provided no smoking gun pointing to Rove.

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The MSM, six years of Bush scandals, and the gap between Ward 54 and Building 18

[Roland99]

1. Damn, the hearings are over already? Well, thanks, CNN for letting me know it's over!!

morans.

[Donnachaidh]

2. more proof that CNN has morphed into Faux Lite

what a bunch of TOOLS. :grr:

[blm]

26. CNN is WORSE than FOX, since they were once a real news network and operate under

that remaining cache of credibility that they still have with the the casual voting public.

CNN since 1998 was always a bigger cheerleader for Bush in all the ways that mattered to the news cycle.

[Donnachaidh]

36. true. so true.

Chicken Noodle News LOL!

[yourout]

3. The MSM would not recoginize a smoking gun if.....

you rolled a steaming Howitzer up Pennsyvania Ave.

[Bozita]

4. Chicken Noodle News = America's comfort food

[GreenPartyVoter]

You said it!

[Bozita]

13. The noodle represent's the network's spine

CNN's got Cafferty and ... ummm ... and ... ummm ...

[soothsayer]

11. lol!

[AlCzervik]

5. i refuse to believe he shredded everything, somewhere there is a fingerprint or doc. that

he didn't destroy and hopefully some intrepid reporter will find it.

[grasswire]

6. interesting that there's no by-line on that particular piece of crap

I suppose the author of it has an office at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

[myrna minx]

7. I guess they had such a fantastic time at the WH Correspondents Dinner

that they felt it was time to arbitrarily absolve him of all wrong doing.

[IChing]

8. I always see who authors news stories

and there is none on this story.

So..........someone is editorializing and not taking credit.

[LSK]

9. CNN jumping the Gun one story at a time

Cant wait till the NEXT hearings.

This is by no means over.

[Fermezlabush]

15. Surely you meant the shark?

[LSK]

21. well that too

Jump the gun as in dont wait for all the facts to come in before reporting something.

[WiseButAngrySara]

24. LOL! Jumping the gun on No smoking gun. ....n/t

[Blackhatjack]

10. Yeah, that's why Sara Taylor, Barry Jackson are resigning ....

...because they don't know nothing about Rove's involvement in the US Attorney firing scandal. Did they get the news that Sampson implicated both as being directly involved?

CNN is suspect.

BTW did CNN get the news that Susan Ralston has been noticed to appear at a deposition for April 5 by Henry Waxman? I am sure the fact she was so close to Rove means he had nothing to do with it.

[catmandu57]

12. I want to see that fucking pig

dance through the subpoenas that are going to fall without getting hit, he who has the last laugh fuckhead.

[Fermezlabush]

14. All Rightey then! (Seems some calls were made)

[BuyingThyme]

16. Where can I get a transcript of the Sampson hearing?

[meldroc]

17. Given CNN's recent stories and actions.

Take stories like this one, and also look at their regular programming, with douchebags like Glenn Beck and Nancy Grace, I'd have to conclude that CNN is now as reliable of a news source as the Moonie Times. They're right up there with the Fox Noise Channel.

It's a real shame. Fox Noise, CNN and Headline News are all blatant right wing shills. That leaves MSNBC, which would be almost as bad, except for Keith Olbermann, which they keep on solely because of the ratings.

[gratuitous]

18. Thank you Inspector Clouseau

I hope CNN doesn't mind if we keep investigating, although I know how that makes the Kewl Kidz there uncomfortable to be wallowing in the past, preoccupied with events that can't be changed, and how we really ought to focus on the future and where the country is headed instead of where it's been. All that old news, you know.

Hey, didja see Hillary's out campaigning? Was she ever subpoenaed and did she ever testify under oath about Whitewater? Can Kenneth Starr get a new special prosecutor mandate? Let's go ask Judge Sentelle.

[melody]

19. They were floating the "smoking gun" talking point yesterday

Little Pravda doing its part for the Decider.

[bdamomma]

20. what bs!!

[Forkboy]

22. Well there ya go.If CNN says it,it must be true.

Move along.

[HughBeaumont]

23. "Resus Rist!"

[myrna minx]

25. Fantastic!

I can't tell you how many times I have heard the likes of Brian Williams et al, who claim that if the American People aren't following the story, then nothing wrong has happened. :grr:

[HughBeaumont]

32. The officer kind of resembles Brian Williams, doesn't he?

[valerief]

27. CNN is Baby Fox. nt

[TahitiNut]

28. Even a common streetwalker has more class than to service her Johns in full view of the public.

The corporate presstitutes are shameless. :puke:

[Vinca]

29. There must be a direct fax line from the RNC to CNN. nt

[Dinger]

30. CNN: Canned "News" Network . . .

Crawford News Network

Certainly Not News

Creepy Neocon Network

Conservative (I use that term loosely here) Not Neutral

Cheering Neocons Nightly

Championing Neocon Nonsense

Caution: Not News (here)

etc.

[AlCzervik]

31. one more "Contains No News"

[Dinger]

33. Oh, Good One. Mind If I Edit & Add To My List?

[AlCzervik]

34. of course, wish i thought it up but i got from mediawhoresonline eons ago.

[eppur_se_muova]

35. "No evidence found" is not the same as "Innocent".

It doesn't read to me like they wrote it that way, either. It just says they've been looking for proof, haven't found it (yet).

I'm not one to assume CNN is on the side of the good guys, but this seems pretty impartial to me.