Good morning.
So that McCain bombshell. Wow. Just watched McCain's lawyer, Bob Bennett, being interviewed on the TODAY Show acting all exorcised. Matt Lauer mentioned their newsroom had known about this story for awhile. And, therein lies an issue. Getting the sense that the DC media types have been well aware of the elements of this scandal. It's seems like one of those "everybody" knew but no one reported kind of stories. Josh Marshall had a similar take:
Reading all of this stuff I have the distinct feeling that only a few pieces of the puzzle are now on the table. Given unspoken understandings of many years' duration, a lot of reporters and DC types can probably imagine what the full picture looks like. But we're going to need a few more pieces before the rest of us can get a sense of what this is all about.The question is whether the other media, especially the ones who fawn over McCain, report what they know or follow McCain's lead and just trash the NY Times. (Lest we forget, the DC media types all knew Bush was lying about the Valerie Plame leak but never told us that.)
This campaign got even more interesting. Can't wait to hear how James Dobson and his ilk respond.
Have at it.
UPDATE: Richard Stengel, the sanctimonious managing editor of Time Magazine, was on MSNBC's Morning Joe this morning telling us how he would not have run the McCain story. Then he told us that "McCain is so pure on this issue ever since the Keating Five when he saw the light." So pure? Saint McCain could do no wrong, apparently. Stengel did say that "everybody" was talking about. And, you may recall that Time Magazine's Matt Cooper was right smack in the middle of the Plame Leak. He knew the White House was lying about its role over and over and over.
