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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:39 PM Original message |
For the history rewriters. Russert did everything but go to jail to avoid testifying against Libby |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sorry - journalists have to protect their sources |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. When your source is complicit in committing treason protection goes out the window. |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Thank you. I'm all for journalists protecting their sources, but there's a limit. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Libby told Fitzgerald that Russert gave Plames name to him which was a lie |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Agreed |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Indeed. Watching or reading "All The Presidents Men" might be a good refresher for some? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Any other reporter would have done the same thing |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Why is this so hard for some to understand? |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 06:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Don, I appreciate your tenacity. Maybe, people will see accept he wasn't doing anything grand. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. He wasn't, but he did have to protect his source |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. His source for what? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Because if Libby was telling the truth |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. That's it: When your source is lying to you . . . |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. It has nothing to do with a reporter protecting sources... |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thank you! |
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