Monday, September 12, 2005
The Nameless Undead
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Talking about Spencer Hsu's declaration that he'd never burn a non-attributable source—period—in his article in WaPo:Hsu's comments only prove what we have known for a long, long time now.
Period
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Perhaps Hsu didn't mean to say that, but taking his statement at face value he's saying that even if he knew for certain that an administration official had lied to him, he still wouldn't burn the source.
The only possible punishment for lying to the press is that they tell the public that, indeed, you lied to them. Hsu says this is off the table. So, our press feels that it's ok to let public officials lie to the public, under the cover of anonymity, with complete and total impunity provided by the information launderers at the Washington Post.
ALL WaPo unattributed sources are lies. But the WaPo editors include them to maintain favor with, and access to, the White House.
If you can't believe one of these quotes, then you can't believe ANY of these quotes.
Like it or not, that's the way WaPo set this up, and they must live with it.
Henceforth, all WaPo source quotes are to be read as follows:
"...blah, blah, blah, a Senior administration official lied today."
Or,
"A Senior administration official, who has knowledge of the specific lies and talking points the White House has decided to use on this issue, said today..."
Or simply put,
"Karl Rove said today..."
posted by Gotham 1:46 PM
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