Will Newsweek fire Rove over Siegelman scandal?

[CatWoman]

In an interview with The Young Turks this week, Newsweek senior editor Michael Hirsh said that if Karl Rove is proven to be “legally” involved in the political persecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman, the magazine would “second guess” its hiring of him. Hirsh added that many journalists were “not happy” with Newsweek’s decision to bring on Rove. Watch it:


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/27/will-newsweek-fire-rove-over-siegelman-scandal/

[Dinger]

1. I Canceled My Subscription When That Pig Got On Board (nt)

[stanwyck]

2. Well, Faux News certainly won't

there is no one too despicable or lacking in credibility for Faux. Afterall, this is the network that lauded Jeff Gannon (real name Guckert) as a "distinguished journalist."

[aquart]

3. Yeah, sure.

[samplegirl]

4. Why don't they just keep him

and see how business goes. :evilgrin:

[Warpy]

5. Somebody leaned on them to hire that pig in the first place

and my guess is that they'd love to get rid of him on some pretext or another.

It's not like Rove is some sort of literary or political genius. He's a racketeer, pure and simple, with no ethics and no conscience to get in his way.

If he ever did come out with a ghost written article, it would be a study in psychopathology. The ghost writer would undoubtedly feel compelled to sit in a tub of A200 for a week afterward.

[stanwyck]

8. Remember how he claimed the Repubs would win

the mid-terms? He "had the road map". Why do people continue to give people like Bill Kristol, David Frum, and Karl Rove any value? Except that if they say something, the opposite must be true? Is that their purpose?

[thereismore]

6. They planted that snake in their midst. That's why I canceled my subscription right then. nt

[blondeatlast]

7. Newsweek HASN'T GOT THE GUTS (pardon the caps--I just hope someone from NW reads this challenge)

If they do, they'll be seen as "weak" and a tool of the "librul media." They simply haven't got the courage--no MSM does anymore.

I dare you, NewsWeek--and don't your people have the investigative moxie to sind this out for yourselves--and REPORT on it?

[applegrove]

9. That is good news. I hope it comes to pass.

[malaise]

10. Well those who read Newsweek should boycott

until they fire him.