I keep meaning to mention this, and then promptly forgetting. I honestly don’t know if it’s a result of bias toward Bush or just resounding stupidity—namely the media having lost all perspective on what their role in the public discourse is meant to be. The gist is that Time magazine knowingly and deliberately avoided seeking a waiver of confidentiality from Karl Rove to hold up reporter Matthew Cooper’s testimony until after the election, at least in part because “Time editors were concerned about becoming part of such an explosive story in an election year.”
The irony, of course, is that maintaining secrecy on such a big issue made them part of the conspiracy to protect a possible criminal in the highest levels of government, which seems to me to be a bigger issue than being part of an explosive story. Jerks.
(Thank to RJ Eskow for the reminder to mention this.)
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