“Embedded Crony”: Bob Woodward Shows His True Colors - eewwwwwww [View All]

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RJ Eskow

Bob Woodward showed last night why he is the role model for a generation of morally compromised 'journalists.' He aggressively promoted his patrons' interests and, Judy-like, selectively cited government secrets. His entire career as the author of dubious political fanfic led to this moment, and it was a revealing one.

On Larry King Thursday he put in a fiercely partisan performance on behalf of the Administration that's provided content for his last two best-sellers, taking on any panelist who deviated from GOP spin (transcript).

He cited highly classified information, which raises a number of disturbing questions - including who gave it to him and why. He also said, "I'm trying to do a book on the Bush second term. " Bob, it shows.

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Woodward began his performance Thursday by backstopping the Administration on the Harriet Miers nomination, and not-so-subtly echoing conservative contempt for federal judges. He then parroted spin as fact from the get-go when the Libby case came up, saying:

First of all this began not as somebody launching a smear campaign ... I'm quite confident we're going to find out that it started as a kind of gossip, as chatter and that somebody learned (Plame) had worked at the CIA and helped him get this job ...

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Good rap.