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To: tejek who wrote (274483)	3/19/2007 8:38:18 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570758

Plante Claims None Thought Clinton's Firings Were Political Media Research Center CBS on Thursday morning finally picked up the Clinton administration's record of firing 93 federal prosecutors, but Bill Plante still rushed to Clinton's defense under a false premise. On the March 15 edition of The Early Show, Plante sought to make a distinction between the Bush and Clinton firings: <<< "Mr. Bush isn't the first President to fire U.S. attorneys and replace them with his own appointments. At the beginning of his first term, President Clinton cleaned house, ousting all 93 U.S. attorneys. Not unusual, they serve at the pleasure of the President. The difference this time, the charge that politics played a role in their dismissal." >>> Not true. As the Washington Post reported on March 26, 1993, Republicans did charge politics in President Clinton's mass firing. The real difference is that the networks didn't care then about such concerns. As the April 1993 edition of the MRC's MediaWatch newsletter reported: "Attorney General Janet Reno fired all 93 U.S. attorneys, a very unusual practice. Republicans charged the Clintonites made the move to take U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens off the House Post Office investigation of Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski. The network response: ABC and CBS never mentioned it." See: www.mediaresearch.org [This item is adapted from a posting, by Justin McCarthy, on the MRC's NewsBusters blog: newsbusters.org ] mrc.org Message 23376752