Despite McClellan criticism, network anchors still refuse to re-evaluate their own complicity

[kpete]

Although Scott McClellan’s memoir is chock full of juicy bits about George Bush, Karl Rove, Scooter Libby and the myriad pre-war lies the White House force-fed America, perhaps the most important (and most overlooked) critique McClellan levels is aimed squarely at the “liberal media” and how they acted as “deferential, complicit enablers” of the administration’s “propaganda” leading up to the war. On the TODAY show this morning, Matt Lauer asked “the big three” — Charlie Gibson, Brian Williams and Katie Couric — whether they thought McClellan was accurate in his criticism of the press. Their answers are revealing to say the least:

Gibson: “I’m not sure we would have asked anything differently (if given an opportunity to do it again.)”

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On February 6, 2003 -- the day of Powell's speech -- Gibson had on as guests former CIA Director James Woolsey and Terence Taylor of the International Institute For Strategic Studies to analyze Powell's claims. Here are some of the super-tough, skeptical questions Gibson asked:

CHARLES GIBSON

James Woolsey, the Iraqis immediately challenged a lot of what was shown, said it was altered, said it was doctored. The international community -- do they know that stuff was genuine?

JAMES WOOLSEY

Oh, anybody who is objective about this I think does. The people who now doubt whether or not Saddam really has WMD programs, chemical and bacteriological, in particular, are really of two types, either they work for Saddam or they're doing a human imitation of an ostrich. There really are, I think, no other possibilities.

CHARLES GIBSON

James Woolsey, former CIA Director, Terence Taylor, former weapons inspector, I thank you both.


http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/28/gibson/index.html

[redqueen]

1. I'm 100% positive they wouldn't have done any differently.

They're frickin complicit.

[global1]

2. Scotty Has Given The Media A Chance To Redeem Themselves Now.....

they need to go back and show us how they/we were deceived by *Co. They can't let this happen again with Iran. They have a opportunity now to expose the truth - I hope they take it.

[CanonRay]

3. Gibson has no credibility after that hit job on Obama they called a debate.

[blondeatlast]

4. If the book does nothing else, it SHAMES the lazy, complicit, corrupt m$m

and has the public discussing the issue.

For that reason alone, I begrudgingly salute Mr. McClellan.