Ari Fleischer Hides Behind Helen Thomas

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http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003813838

Fleischer points out that he, of all people, never expected to defend reporters, but he feels they are getting a bum rap for allegedly not asking the tough questions before the invasion -- and he sides with those, such as David Gregory and Charles Gibson, who have strongly defended themselves.

But Fleischer’s case is misleading and weak. Consider just one assertion: "In the lead-up to the war in Iraq, no matter what position the president took, the press took the opposite."

In fact, more than half of the column considers issues beyond Iraq -- involving Afghanistan, the Soviet Union, and the immediate aftermath of 9/11. When he gets to Iraq, Fleischer cherry-picks a few tough questions, but the only reporter he identifies is -- are you ready? -- Helen Thomas, the most outspoken of all the White House reporters in that period. The other questions simply come from transcripts, with no reporter known, but I would suspect that one or more of these other examples also belong to Thomas.

[spanone]

1. ari is a hack...he's a shill till the end

[StClone]

2. New video exposes it all

http://www.markfiore.com/?phpMyAdmin=7aTx1mD0FvhOPGcsUo36-OZMqo4

[underseasurveyor]

3. *gasp*

that's not the ari we knew.... :evilgrin:

ari's a wanker and always will be a wanker!