Posted on 06/29/2005 7:00:54 AM PDT by cchandler
The furor surrounding Karl Rove's comments to the New York Conservative Party reminds me of the Larry Summers controversy. People who already loathe him, his policies and his success are grasping at everything they can twist and spin to force him to resign - an action they've been seeking for a long time. The mainstream media, which is largely made up of like-minded people, is playing the usual game of irresponsible gotcha-journalism with Rove's remarks.
As is typical, Rove is being chided not for lying, but for bucking political correctness. Excerpts of his speech were taken out of context and were immediately quoted and discussed on all the major news programs and editorial pages.
First let's review what Karl Rove actually said, whether or not it is true, and then we'll compare the way the media presented his comments to the way they covered Senator Dick Durbin's Gitmo Guards = Nazi Guards comment.
The press has mainly presented Rove's remarks in this fashion....
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