Thursday, September 07, 2006,5:32 AM
A Candle Flickering In The Darkness
David Broder is the only liberal columnist who has found it within himself to do the honorable thing with regard to the sordid Plamegate affair:
One Leak and a Flood of Silliness
By David S. Broder, The Washington Post

For much of the past five years, dark suspicions have been voiced about the Bush White House undermining its critics, and Karl Rove has been fingered as the chief culprit in this supposed plot to suppress the opposition.

Now at least one count in that indictment has been substantially weakened -- the charge that Rove masterminded a conspiracy to discredit Iraq intelligence critic Joseph Wilson by "outing" his CIA-operative wife, Valerie Plame.

But caution has been notably lacking in some of the press treatment of this subject -- especially when it comes to Karl Rove. And it behooves us in the media to examine that behavior, not just sweep it under the rug.

[Some] owe Karl Rove an apology. And all of journalism needs to relearn the lesson: Can the conspiracy theories and stick to the facts. (link)
Read the whole thing. Broder brings up a couple of the more egregious examples of media hatred toward Karl Rove and the Bush administration.

All should take Broder's admonition to heart. They won't, but they should.
 
posted by Jerry Fuhrman
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