Jeff Quinton is all over the story, such as it is.
And if this is the much-awaited statement, I have two words for the Tiffany Net: quite lame.
Ok, I have a few more: to hold onto the idea that the documents that they released are in fact genuine request self-delusion of herculean proportions. I also find the irony of the fact that they are caught up in a Watergate-like cover-up choice, given that if there is a singular story that the mainstream press sees as their triumph of triumphs, it is Watergate. Does Rather realized he has been cast in the Nixon role?
Another polisci take: this may be the biggest example of groupthink
since the Bay of Pigs, as evidenced by Bob Schieffer’s comments today.
Or, maybe this is just CBS’s newest reality show…
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