Bob in Paradise: How Novak created his own ethics-free zone. (Hit piece, but interesting)

The Washington Monthly ^ | December 2004 | Amy Sullivan

[Howlin]

If you ever figure this out, I expect you to post a dissertation on it.

Hope you're feeling better.

[cyncooper]

Thanks, I will write at length as the facts come out, I'm sure.

I've been waiting for the appellate court to rule if Miller's and Cooper's contempt citations stand or not. I'm getting better and will be ready for "real news" to hit soon.

[cyncooper]

Finally getting around to finishing Amy's fact-challenged little column here and came across this howler:

But unlike journalists Dan Rather and Howell Raines, who provided full explanations and apologies once their errors were revealed—

Dan Rather has provided a full explanation and apology? I missed it. Last I checked he apologized if the documents weren't real but stubbornly insisted (based on nothing) that the underlying charges remain true.

Good grief. I could go on, but Ms. Amy isn't worth the effort. She has demonstrated she is a propaganda whore for the left, facts be damned.

[steve-b]

Resident liberal Al Hunt jumped in to clarify. “Robert Novak," he asked, “you're saying CBS should reveal its source?" When Novak replied that he was, Hunt pressed him further. "You think reporters ought to reveal sources?" In a flash, Novak realized he had made a mistake;

Whatever else you think of him, Novak was a moron to walk into that trap.