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In the far less crowded political media landscape of 1973 two young investigative reporters from the Washington Post propelled the Watergate scandal into the national headlines. Congress and particularly Senator Sam Ervin’s Watergate investigation committee picked up the gauntlet and brought down a president, top advisors and cabinet members.
Since the turn of the millennium with the rise of cable news and seemingly infinite growth and influence of the Internet, only Representative Dennis Kucinich has had the balls to take a stand by introducing articles of impeachment against Bush and Cheney in the House of Representatives. Where are the media? They’ll blast an open mic gaffe while bleeping out “balls”. Yet when it certainly looks like something’s rotten in the executive branch there’s just a lot of hand wringing, breast beating and whining. And that’s from the liberal media.
In these days of hot stories having a day, a few days or, in the case of celebrity news, a week or more, what happened to Scott McClellan’s tell-all book? Are there not at least a few worthy kernels in McClellan’s book which might have piqued the interest of a reporter or prosecutor? With the exception of Mr. McClellan, does this administration have its people in such fear that not one of them can be a Deep-Throat for what history may find as one of the most corrupt and misguided presidencies in US history?
Yes, these comments lack specificity. I’m no more in the know than any citizen, hence the lack of specificity. Am I alone in thinking that there’s been a bunch of shit going on behind the scenes of the Bush administration? I know I’m not. Are there no brighter minds than mine in the media who can blow the whistle?
Yes. His name is Keith Olbermann. Please watch and listen.
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