Lies & the New York Times - A Match Made in Heaven

I shouldn't be surprised by this; after running 247 articles (many of them on the front page) bashing President Bush and the White House over the so-called Valerie Plame leak case (You do remember that don't you? The print and TV media bashed us over the head with it all of last year and the first half of this year. Click HERE if you need your memory jogged.), the New York Times has now decided to ignore the truth of the matter. That's right. After running 247 articles, each very critical of the Bush White House, the lofty NY Times, now that the truth is known, chooses to ignore the story. It's funny since the Times people are so well connected that they likely knew from day one that there was nothing to this story. Even Elvis Kennedy pointed out in This Post that the whole thing was silly. Once again, the New York Times shows it's true colors; if the story can be spun (even dishonestly) to hurt President Bush, they'll run it on page one. If the story can no longer be twisted, or worse, if it is positive for the Bush White House - complete silence. When they could hide behind the lies; 247 articles. When the truth is fully known; 0 articles. I know it's too much to ask that they retract all 247 pieces of garbage that they published, but not even a little footnote like their little brother the Washington Post ran?

It turns out that nobody "outed" Ms. Plame. In fact, it was her husband's lies that caused all of the bru ha-ha. Read THIS from the Washington Post. Please note how the Post is "reluctant to return to the subject". What? The Post ran more negative articles than the Times did, and now they're suddenly reluctant to run another one now that the truth comes out? Although the Post article, a short five paragraphs, still manages to try to continue with the twisting of this story, it concludes thusly;

"Nevertheless, it now appears that the person most responsible for the end of Ms. Plame's CIA career is Mr. Wilson (ed. Mr. Wilson is Plame's loser husband). Mr. Wilson chose to go public with an explosive charge, claiming -- falsely, as it turned out -- that he had debunked reports of Iraqi uranium-shopping in Niger and that his report had circulated to senior administration officials. He ought to have expected that both those officials and journalists such as Mr. Novak would ask why a retired ambassador would have been sent on such a mission and that the answer would point to his wife. He diverted responsibility from himself and his false charges by claiming that President Bush's closest aides had engaged in an illegal conspiracy. It's unfortunate that so many people took him seriously."

I love the sanctimony of that last part, "it's unfortunate that so many people took him seriously". What? The "so many people" is them. It was the Washington Post itself, along with the NY Times that created this whole thing in the first place by running story after story. And they seem confused by the charges that there exists a "liberal press" in this country. Sheesh!

Here are a few headlines from previous NY Times articles regarding this non-story;

- Times Reporter Free From Jail; She Will Testify (Remember this one? Reporter goes to jail for refusing to testify? Turns out she just wanted her 15 minutes of fame so she could write a book about her trials and tribulations when in fact she should be going to jail for treason based on her published lies)
- Cheney Aide Appears Likely To Be Indicted in Leak Case
- Bush Responds To Questioning Over Leak Case
- White House Is Told to Hand Over Records
- Cheney Reportedly Interviewed In Leak of C.I.A. Officer's Name
- Air Force One Phone Records Are Among Data Sought by Subpoena in C.I.A. Leak Inquiry
- White House Memo; Anxiety Takes Hold of Presidential Aides Caught Up in Inquiry Over Leak
- Cheney's future at stake after leaking of CIA agent's name
- Senator Is Described as a Likely Source of Intelligence Leak
- Ex-C.I.A. Officer and Husband Sue Cheney, Libby and Rove Over Leak

All 10 of these, and all 237 of the other articles were lies. Trumped up and distributed by the world's leading news organization. Remember the news stories and TV clips of Vice President Cheney being put through the ringer over this? All because the press (and the Democrats who were giddy over seeing a senior official brought to his knees) pushed this into the national spotlight.



Now that the truth is finally known publicly, the Times completely and utterly ignores the story. And apparently no one cares. Am I the only person bothered by this? Most people will forget the firestorm created and fueled by newspapers like the NY Times and the Washington Post over this stupid issue (I mean really, does anyone give a rip about Valerie Plame?), but not Elvis Kennedy. I'm calling for the editors of the NY Times and the Washington Post to be charged with treason over their knowingly publishing of false information regarding the C.I.A., the war in Iraq and the dishonest charges against the President of the United States. You may laugh at me but my charges hold more weight and truth than the 500 plus articles on the Plame issue published by these two newspapers.

For you lefties out there, I point you to THIS press release from Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi's office charging the Bush White House with "deficiencies" with regard to protecting national secrets. It highlights just how duplicitous politics can be. Or rather, are.

A final note;

Plame's loser husband made millions by writing a book as you can find HERE (go ahead, be an idiot and buy the book - at least it's on closeout pricing) and by stealing money from lefty organizations hiring him to speak at private functions. I love the title, "Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity". Turns out that the lies were all his. Dickhead.



And the jailed journalist Judith Miller, also a liar, made a bundle too, by signing a book deal and going on the talk circuit as a martyr for freedom. Click HERE if you care. Most notable, Ms. Miller was supportive of the White House and the war in Iraq, and Elvis Kennedy still thinks that she's a creep.