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An inconvenient truth
The only thing that's worse than forgetting the past is forgetting the recent past, as many journalists have done. Most journalists who pimped relentless for the war in Iraq and for the powers that be have paid no penalty for a mistake that killed many people. Former Washington Post investigative reporter turned novelist Lorraine Adams explains why she based a character on Bob Woodward in her latest novel:
[I] would talk to the people who have no power and who are affected by the people in power, and that gives a much more useful picture of the way policy affects the human soul. Woodward, who started as a reporter who did that, who knocked on doors and talked to people on the ground, became a celebrity. In becoming a celebrity, he invariably saw it as a much better deal for him, in terms of making money, to talk to other celebrities inside Washington: presidents, their chiefs of staff, vice presidents, their chiefs of staff. We have learned that Deep Throat was an FBI official, not an agent, an official. He was on, what we call, the 7th Floor. I think Woodward’s capitulation to interviewing people in limousines, as opposed to people on the subway, is something I feel is partly responsible for the fact that we ended up in Iraq. Because so many reporters, Judith Miller is the most egregious of them, spoke to Scooter Libby and some other higher officials, and never spoke to intelligence people on the ground. They swallowed wholesale Colin Powell at the U.N., and [ultimately] their limousine reporting meant that 100,000 Iraqis lost their lives. I don’t think anything can be so neatly drawn, but I think in this case it can be neatly drawn.
I'm sorry. This is the Age of Obama -- what was I thinking. No looking back allowed!
Good one RG. But I thought you would use Obama. Anyway, all snark aside, did you get my point?— Les Ismore
"did you get my point?" I get your point, but I still find that you are incosistent in applying it. Bush, Rand Paul, et al "put themselves out there", yet you anonymously criticize them. Granted they are running or have held office, but then the example can be moved to Glenn Beck. You criticize them because you disagree with them, same with bill and Manny in regards to Will.— RG- Les Ismore- must be his real name- right? He is not anonymous????— Manny Trillo
YOU MEAN YOU AREN'T THE REAL MANNY TRILLO???? I AM OUTRAGED!!!!!— bird11
"It is about people showing up on this blog and not criticizing the topic but criticizing the blogger and only the blogger." . . . . . It's called insecurity. The same reason baby's cry so much. You know Will strikes a nerve, when they employ the CAPS.- "The same reason baby's cry so much." I thought that was collick?— RG
"I thought that was collick?" It's actually Obama Derangement Syndrome.- MSL and Billy, bravo! Love how you frame the debate. Anyone who disagrees with Obama or progressives is either a baby or deranged. My how times have changed.— RG
- Les...maybe you should follow the advice of your user name and STFU.— Refounder
Comment removed.- bill atkinson, your depth of intelligence is truly inspiring.— Les Ismore
- Gee RG, I recall you were the one calling me childlike for criticizing BP. Pot, meet Kettle. Or as you like to say, another right wing logic fail.
- " I recall you were the one calling me childlike for criticizing BP" No, your analysis was childish. Get mad Obama!— RG
- RG, master of splitting hairs. And I didn't realize only children were supposed to get mad. Adults are supposed to not get mad about the oil spill? I realize that the only thing that makes you mad is lost profits, but now that that is happening with BP, maybe you can get mad too.
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