NBC's Pete Williams was Cheney staffer, still reported on leak case anyway

[RSchewe]

Check out this post from David Sirota:

Sirotablog: Cheney-Staffer-Turned-Reporter Now Covering Libby Indictment for NBC News

(snip)

Williams is "a native of Casper, Wyoming" – where Cheney is from. In 1986, Williams "joined the Washington, DC staff of then Congressman Dick Cheney as press secretary and a legislative assistant. In 1989, when Cheney was named Assistant Secretary of Defense, Williams was appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs."

Now Williams is being allowed to report on the indictment of Cheney's chief of staff for NBC, as if he was just a regular old nonpartisan objective journalist. And, as Carol points out, Williams seems to be using his position on TV in some pretty nefarious ways when it comes to the case.

UPDATE: I received a hysterical, breathless email from a well-known NBC reporter complaining about the fact that I raised questions about Williams' objectivity. He whined that I am overlooking "14 years of spotless, impartial work for NBC News" by Williams. But as I told him, here's the deal: Dick Cheney's former longtime flack is reporting for NBC on a scandal surrounding Dick Cheney. If you can't see the conflict there...well, then the media really has bigger problems than even I had originally thought.

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http://www.davidsirota.com/2005/10/cheney-staffer-turned-reporter-now.html

[niyad]

1. you are right, if they cannot see the conflict of interest, msm is in deep

trouble indeed. but then, we already knew that.

and what proof is there that this man has been spotlessly fair, etc? might be interesting to take a look at some of the stories he has covered.

couldn't say, as I don't watch msm news and haven't for years.

[AX10]

2. I have never seen Pete use overt partisanship in his reporting.

Then again, Pete is not very prominent on the network at this time.

[SoCalDem]

3. and we cannot even send the tip to Keith.. He would never be allowed

to report it..:(

[Cha]

4. A DUer said the

other night that pete williams was carrying water for the wh on that russert show Friday night with David Gregory.