I wanted to check news.google.com and I was stricken by a pattern on the set of lead US stories there. I wasn't expecting to see this and it surprised me. Pleasantly!
These headlines are all about the Plame leak and Bush's role in it. They all have something in common:
I wanted to check news.google.com and I was stricken by a pattern on the set of lead US stories there. I wasn't expecting to see this and it surprised me. Pleasantly!
These headlines are all about the Plame leak and Bush's role in it. They all have something in common:
Lets troll down this list of headlines in order. You can find the list here. Here's the first article:
Robert Schlesinger: Yep, It Was a Lie
Yahoo! News
Well. OK. There's not really anyway to spin that positively for Bushco.
Have another headline:
Bush's Search for Leakers Leads to His Mirror
Bloomberg
On whom does this headline place the responsibility? Nefarious democrat traitors within the Bush Administration who seak to damage national security by leaking classified information to the Press so it can get published for Al Qaeda to read?
Um...well...it does indicate information was leaked by an ass in the Bush admon.
Have another headline:
Bush Ordered Declassification, Official Says
New York Times
Hmm. Is this the same NYT that's supposed to be the paper of record? It's third on Google's list of headlines on this topic. And it's the only one I see in my little web browser window that's remotely favorable to Bush.
It's kind of like saying "KOS decides to write a diary". No shit, NYT. It's part of what he does.
CIA leak probe circles back to cast Bush as leaker in chief
USA Today
Hmm. Boomerang effect? USA Today not drinking the koolaid? What are they saying in another part of the world?
Bush faces mounting pressure over CIA leak
ABC Online (australia)
OK. Pretty good headline. Communicates adequately that there was a leak and Bush has some culpability in it and he's taking some heat for it. What's the next headline on the list?
`Bush should come clean on CIA leak'
India Express
Pretty ballsy for a country we're practically giving nukes to.
When Is a Leak Not a Leak?
Time magazine
Almost got their nose up that ass past NYT's but not quite.
And so on and so forth.
So...you tell me...is the Press finally starting to wake up? Is this the dam bursting? I sure hope so.