Howie "the 'ho" Kurtz strikes again; smears Joe Wilson

[Lucille]

From today's chat:

http://tinyurl.com/b4jt2

Washington, D.C.: Howard:

With respect to the Plame matter, recent Republican talking points include the canard that Joe Wilson lied in his op-ed and elsewhere when he claimed that the Vice President sent him to Niger. Wilson claimed nothing of the sort, as the excerpt from the July 2003 op-ed shows:

----snip Wilson's description of how he was sent to Niger

What to do, then, when reporters repeat the talking points? Andrea Mitchell did, as did Post political editor John Harris in a chat here last week. Isn't the assertion that Wilson claimed the V-P sent him just the sort of question that is eminently confirmable by checking the record?

I'm tired of reporters unflinchingly repeating these sorts of distortions. What can be done?

Howard Kurtz: If anyone is saying Wilson claimed Cheney sent him to Niger, well, I've never seen such a claim. But investigators have raised credibility issues about other aspects of Wilson's account.

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Howard goes on to the next question without elaborating on Wilson's "credibility issues."

[KoKo]

1. He has many "friends in high places." When the old Internet Site

"Media Whore's Online" when defunct it was after they told Howie to "watch his back" because he might be investigated. Howie didn't get investigate...instead a year later his "half hour show" on CNN was increased to a "WHOLE HOUR" and MHO was GONE.

It's the "Power of the Press." Or, the fact that Howies wife is high powered DC Lobbyist who worked to get Ahhhhnold elected in CA.

Take your pick...but Howie's definitely on a "payroll." :-( and sadly it's our "taxmoney" funding him like Armstrong Williams and who knows how many other's like maybe Blitzer, Russert, Matthews....and well..just think who else it might be.