Monday, July 18, 2005

Media Relevance

Succint article on Joe Wilson's credibility. None.
Which brings us back to the fundamental problem faced by the “get Rove” crowd: they need Wilson to be credible. He’s not. That’s all Rove was pointing out to Cooper—and only after the Time reporter asked him about it. Who again is the one with the credibility problem?
Some nice details in the story. Someone pointed out a few days ago that the entire story was a pressure tactic to try to squeeze the Bush administration. There is little truth to the MSM contentions. Drudge today notes that the MSM contended there was no crime in revealing Plame's name. So, then, what is the problem? The problem is that they have to cover themselves for having promoted Joe Wilson. The MSM was hoping to derail the administration, push the story that Bush lied deliberately about Iraq trying to obtain uranium. Iraq did try. Wilson confirmed it. So where is the story? It's a just media bluster trying to get the Bush administration to back down on the war, on the special investigation, on their attitude toward the press, any number of things. What it really is about is media credibility. And lack of relevance.

Again.

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