One-Line Plamegate Diaries Make Me Weep

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Sunday October 30, 2005 · 9:46 AM PST

2005/10/30 · 09:46

Since Friday, when the indictments broke, I've been noticing a disturbing tendency on dKos, and that is the tendency to post breaking news diaries quoting media sources which basically say the equivalent of "Libby lied. Cheney knew. Here's a quote from the NYT that suggests something slightly tangentially related to my point which proves it."

Then, of course, there is the inevitable

Block quote from the media source

accompanied by maybe two or three sentences that basically state a circular conclusion, with no real accompanying reasoning. These diaries often contain interesting information or make points from the underlying stories that are not repeated elsewhere on the site. Read More

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