Reply #24: Olberman's good deeds even more impressive considering context. [View All]

[McCamy Taylor]

Look at what Rove and Co. did to Mapes/Rather and the way they managed to terrorize most of the MSM journalists. When they went after 60 Minutes in the brazen way they did, I sort of expected that some journalists would do the opposite of hide in fear, ours being the culture of "HIgh Noon" and all. But I didnt expect that MSNBC would give anyone a whole hour every night to do it.

What Olberman does not discuss---because it is too contraversial even for him---is the darker face of fear. Rove does not just use terror warnings to distract the masses. He uses his own rep for breaking the law and the administration's rep for lying to get what it wants to terrorize its enemies. Say a bad word about the Iraq War on TV? Rove will forge documents and tell Viacom CBS to fire you. DEmocratic Senate leader? Someone is going to mail anthrax to you, and the FBI will never find out who. People in the know can ignore the bogus terror threats and concentrate on the real news, but those with a little too much knowledge are always looking over their shoulders wondering if Rove and Co. have taken notice of them.

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Let's hope that an indictment and conviction of Rove and the Iraq Team neutralize their death grip of fear. However, given the way these guys work, I am keeping an eye on them, Cheney in particular. He strikes me as someone who would make a very nasty cornered rat.