Cheney-Staffer-Turned-Reporter Now Covering Libby Indictment for NBC News

[Jon8503]

Over at the Huffington Post, Dan Carol asks a great question: how can NBC's Pete Williams be allowed to cover the Scooter Libby story for the network, considering Williams was a longtime former staffer for Dick Cheney?

That's right – according to Williams' biography on NBC's website, Williams is "a native of Casper, Wyoming" – where Cheney is from. In 1986, Williams "joined the Washington, DC staff of then Congressman Dick Cheney as press secretary and a legislative assistant. In 1989, when Cheney was named Assistant Secretary of Defense, Williams was appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs."

Now Williams is being allowed to report on the indictment of Cheney's chief of staff for NBC News, as if he was just a regular old nonpartisan objective journalist. And, as Carol points out, Williams seems to be using his position on TV in some pretty questionable ways when it comes to the case.

Sources:
Dan Carol's post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-carol/reassign-nbcs-pete-willi_b_9814.html
Pete Williams' NBC biography:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3689493/

[fooj]

1. Creepy little rat bastard!

:grr:

[Inland]

2. Only because Judy Miller is unavailable. nt

[AlamoDemoc]

3. Wasn't he also a Pentagon Press Secretary? n/t

[Garbo 2004]

6. Yeah, that's my recollection. I recall the press conferences. n/t

[Jane Austin]

4. I wondered why he was covering all the republican talking points each time

he was on tv.

[Jane Austin]

5. So who fired him from the Pentagon

because of his "lifestyle"?

He sure is loyal.

[xchrom]

7. lol -- more of that ''liberal'' media?

oh yeah -- there's no conservative corporate pressure, influence, coersion, spin, etc on the media.

[Marlie]

8. Please write

Complain. Let your voice be heard. Two thirds of the country do
not approve of the Bush Administration, even with their whoring.
Let them know they have become transparent and we are angry.
Even if it doesn't matter to them, they'll know we're out here
and not happy with their reporting. All we ask for is truth.