Conyers vs. the Post -- rate it a five!

[pat_k]

Posted on Yahoo News a couple hours ago. Check it out and rate it!

Conyers vs. the Post
John Nichols

There is painful irony in the fact that, during the same month that the confirmation of "Deep Throat's" identity has allowed the Washington Post to relive its Watergate-era glory days, that newspaper is blowing the dramatically more significant story of the "fixed" intelligence the Bush administration used to scam Congress and U.S. allies into supporting the disasterous invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Last week, when the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, Michigan Democrat John Conyers, chaired an extraordinary hearing on what has come to be known as the "Downing Street Memo" . . .


Post writer Dana Milbank penned a snarky little piece that, like similar articles in the New York Times and other "newspapers of record," displayed all the skepticism regarding Bush administration misdeeds that one might expect to find in a White House press release.

To his credit, Conyers hit back. . .

[Don1]

1. Recommended. n/t

[noamnety]

2. rated & emailed (nt)

[tmooses]

3. Only 55 votes, but 4.5 stars.

n/t

[Contrary1]

4. And while you're there...

Rate this drivel a *1*

"Sen. Richard Durbin (news, bio, voting record) (D-Ill.) is a dis grace to the people he serves, the U.S. Senate and the United States of America.

In that order.

Durbin took to the Senate floor this week to slander America's military.

He listed what he termed "graphic" atrocities occurring at the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention center — as recounted by an FBI agent..."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nypost/disgracefuldickdurbin

[Gelliebeans]

5. done n/t

[funflower]

6. It's top-rated right now. Be sure to e-mail it, too.

[Richard Steele]

7. Done!

[nicknameless]

8. Yeowza! What an opening paragraph!

There is painful irony in the fact that, during the same month that the confirmation of "Deep Throat's" identity has allowed the Washington Post to relive its Watergate-era glory days, that newspaper is blowing the dramatically more significant story of the "fixed" intelligence the Bush administration used to scam Congress and U.S. allies into supporting the disasterous invasion and occupation of Iraq.

<snip>

Pretty great that Yahoo picked up a story from The Nation! :toast:

[liberalla]

12. I like these closing 2 paragraphs also!

I like these closing 2 paragraphs also:

"The years of the Bush presidency will be remembered as a time when American media, for the most part, practiced stenography to power -- and when once-great newspapers became little more than what the reformers of another time referred to as "the kept press."

The Conyers letter, like the thousands of communications from grassroots activists to media outlets across this country pressing for serious coverage of the "Downing Street Memo" and the broader debate about the Bush administration's doctoring of intelligence prior to the launch of the Iraq war, is an essential response to our contemporary media crisis. That it had to be written provides evidence of just how serious that crisis has grown."

I like this John Nichols from the Nation!

[Jackpine Radical]

16. Nichols' day job is with the Cap Times, Madison, WI.

And we treasure him.

[nicknameless]

28. Isn't that Great?!!!

And from Yahoo, no less!!! :toast:

[cleveramerican]

9. Damning but rather flimsy

My take on this is this:
The downing street memo although deeply troubling is ,by itself, not enough to turn the tide in the country as a whole.There's just not enough there to do it.

[dalloway]

10. wrong, wrong, wrong

Read John Bonifaz!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/6/17/162211/318

The framers of the constitution had EXACTLY this kind of scenario in mind when they wrote impeachment into the constition.

[Paradise]

11. done. thanks. n/t

[MelissaB]

13. Done!

[Jacobin]

14. I can't believe what I just received in my email

A republican friend of mine, who now says he is a libertarian, just sent me this article...about Conyers smashing Dana.

Maybe the tide really is turning

[JRob]

15. Done 419 votes 4.5

[Turn CO Blue]

17. I love this snark from the writer about the media:

"The years of the Bush presidency will be remembered as a time when American media, for the most part, practiced stenography to power -- and when once-great newspapers became little more than what the reformers of another time referred to as "the kept press." "


Bwwwaaahahahahah! Stenography to Power! The Kept Press! Ha ha ha! Thank you, John Nichols.

[cyberpj]

18. done. nt.

[LibertyorDeath]

19. Done!

[pat_k]

20. 11:22 -- 709 Votes – Avg 4.6 -- 3th recommended

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/13617;_ylt=AgU2OIAHdJdW9ZQHlZdtnglhr7sF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl">Conyers v. Post (The Nation) Avg. 4.6

[Mythsaje]

21. Added my vote

Go JOHN CONYERS!

[candice]

22. Gave it a 5. Have you seen the video of Conyers delivering the signatures?

http://web.takebackthemedia.com/geeklog/public_html/staticpages/index.php?page=2005061821444755



There's a link top right from www.afterdowningstreet.org

[IndyOp]

23. At 858 votes it has 4.5 stars - Go! (nt)

[Sparkly]

24. Excellent!! Milbank should read and remember the last two paragraphs!!

The years of the Bush presidency will be remembered as a time when American media, for the most part, practiced stenography to power -- and when once-great newspapers became little more than what the reformers of another time referred to as "the kept press."

The Conyers letter, like the thousands of communications from grassroots activists to media outlets across this country pressing for serious coverage of the "Downing Street Memo" and the broader debate about the Bush administration's doctoring of intelligence prior to the launch of the Iraq war, is an essential response to our contemporary media crisis. That it had to be written provides evidence of just how serious that crisis has grown.

[Pachamama]

25. Wow! That is a great article! Good for Nichols-a real journalist!

:kick: Reccommended read...pass it on by email to others and rate it!

[mzmolly]

26. Blast this to other media.

:hi:

Recommended.

[intheflow]

27. 1292 votes. 4.5-star rating.

:kick:

[AuntiBush]

29. Conyers Certainly Did Hit Back & With Integrity! N/K & Voted at Yahoo!

It's now 1 more up on the scale!

[Nothing Without Hope]

30. What a great hard-hitting writeup!!! 4.5 stars and 1576 votes - speaking

up for the TRUTH!

The story is centered on the biassed and distorted reporting that has become such a danger to this country. So good to see it in a prominent place. it's a good sign, as is the increasing visibility and respect given to Rep. Conyers.

Recommended. This should not be missed.

[liberalla]

31. Yep!

"speaking up for the TRUTH!"

Truth is on the March!

--- much to W's dismay! hehe

When I hear his "freedom's on the march", I'm fearful of what that means.

When I substitute TRUTH for freedom, I feel strong. Turn the tables on him... Now he can be fearful about the truth coming out.

Thank you Chairman John Conyers! It's an f-ing great letter! Very clear and powerful!

[cestpaspossible]

32. Don't forget to email it, too

[Bravo411]

33. Rated it a 5

and emailed it.