Journalist Chuck Todd tells us why investigating crime is an unserious distraction
July 15, 2009 by William K. Wolfrum
One day, if I break the law, I hope unbiased news journalist Chuck Todd will come to my defense and explain why investigating any crime I committed would be a huge political distraction:
It’s [investigating possible crimes of the Bush Administration] news catnip – but they’re sort of clouding the two most important issues the President’s got to get his arms around this week: winning back trust of the middle on the economy and pushing health care through.
Read Glenn Greenwald at Salon for more about how D.C. journalists like Todd are working hard to shape your opinions on the U.S. being the type of nation that follows the rules of law.
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Some people are more equal than others.
[...] Sorry Connie, but when reporter Chuck Todd is telling the world that the U.S. has no business conducting internal war crimes investigations and Dan Balz of the Washington Post can’t get through a health care column without using two unnamed sources, the incredible nobility of the mainstream media can perhaps be missed. [...]