L.A. Times Front-Pages the "No Political Bias" Spin
By BummerDietz
I’m not the first to note that the Thornburgh Report “had some obfuscating to attend to.” (Well, actually, I was first. )*
A valid criticism of the Thornburgh Report is that it - almost by design - gives unwarranted support to leftwing MSM and idiotarians who need to press the fiction that the only Memogate problem was “the competitive rush of it all, ” and that the Report “proved there was no bias.” (And since we just can't decide for sure if the memos are fake, it's an understandable error. Further, since the underlying facts are probably correct, what's the big deal, right?)
Predictably, the Los Angeles Times jumps on board this spin train. Today’s Sunday edition carries the front-page story, “How CBS’ Big Story Fell Apart.” You need not bother reading past the lead paragraphs to get its flavor:
"Dan Rather was on the run, chasing big stories…. from New York to Florida to Texas and back to CBS headquarters in Manhattan…
"Exhausted and stretched to the limit, the veteran anchorman didn't find time that week to learn much about a news source named Lt. Col. Bill Burkett….
"Rather…heard...that Burkett was a "straight-talking West Texan" with a reputation as a "truth teller" … Rather relied on the research... [they] both put their trust in Burkett. That fateful convergence helped produce a terribly flawed report….
Extra ! For those luck enough to receive the print edition, the L.A. Times added these 2 captions to accompanying pictures:
Whopper Caption 1: “Emails show that CBS’ Mary Mapes and her colleagues had fretted over the progress others were making on stories about Bush’s military service.” [ No mention of the email between Mapes and another CBS producer that discusses arranging a bribe for Burkett, in order that CBS might launch this story “that could possibly change the momentum of the election.” ]
Whopper Caption 2: “A busy Dan Rather had come to rely on Mary Mapes’ ability to get the big stories right. She and others did the heavy lifting when it came to researching the report.”
Yes, we get the point: On the run... chasing... exhausted... fretting... stretched to the limit... busy... so many big stories for the star team... chasing... no time... so busy.... NY/London/Paris/Munich... exhausted... so much to do... must-have-water... so busy... Rosebud......
The Report’s tiptoeing on the eggshell-skull of its client is directly responsible for this MSM spin. |
