Comments on: No Double Standard Here!

By: Neo

Neo — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:06:29 +0000

Stop for a moment.

If you take Ty Cobb’s (I wonder what his batting average is) word the Ms. McCarthy did not leak classified information on rendition prisons to Dana Priest (WaPo), then there are still at least 2 more leakers yet to be found.

Ms. McCarthy may be a political hack, but in effect her lawyer is saying there are bigger fish yet to fry. Let’s save a bit of vitriol.

A special touch in these stories is when the newspapers get quotes from anonymous intelligence sources. Isn’t this exactly what the official CIA statement gave as the reason for the firing of Ms. McCarthy. Talk about sticking a finger in your eye.

By: Patterico’s Pontifications » L.A. Times: Mary McCarthy Not an Ideologue

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:54:35 +0000

[...] This is outrageous. The L.A. Times continues to hide from its readers what media critic Howard Kurtz has called “absolutely relevant information” about Mary McCarthy: her web of connections to prominent Democrats, including sizeable monetary contributions. This, despite the fact that the paper considered analogous information, regarding prominent Swift Vet John O’Neill’s contributions to Republicans, to be worth its own story. What’s worse, today’s story positively seeks to portray her as a pure creature of conscience (my emphasis): Former colleagues described her as cautious and respected. “I thought she was a competent, quiet, good intelligence officer,” said Richard J. Kerr, a former deputy CIA director who worked with McCarthy. “She was certainly someone you had respect for and saw not as an ideologue or someone who would end up putting herself in this position.” [...]

By: AMac

AMac — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:38:05 +0000

Um, Patterico, I clicked on both “Connections” links you provide… and I appreciate both of them. Each has information that’s relevant to the issue at hand–and to possible motives of various players–and to the biases and capacity for truthfulness of the organization (newspaper or blog) hosting the graphic.

(Prior to the 2004 election, I’d concluded that there was merit to certain Swift accusations, and that mainstream news organizations were spinning. The NYT web is another one of those “it doesn’t mean what ‘they’ want you to think it means” cases.)

Ace’s “There’s something about Mary” web is comprised of information that AFAIK is completely truthful and is quite helpful in sorting out who’s-saying-what.

Why are the NYT, LAT, etc. averting their (readers’) eyes from this material? I suppose they want to avoid charges of McCarthyism.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:03:05 +0000

6 degrees of Mary McCarthy

If you’re familiar with the game “6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon” you’ll know what I mean with the above post title.
The object of the game is to, as MSNBC describes it, “connect Bacon and any other actor through the films or t…

By: sharon

sharon — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:39:45 +0000

What an odd thing to say. Her political contributions aren’t relevant?! Since when?

By: Hoystory

Hoystory — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:41:56 +0000

Patterico, you forgot about the Web of Connections graphic that I made. Web of Connections

By: Perfect Sense

Perfect Sense — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 06:08:51 +0000

absolutely relevant information

It is only relevant if you want to publish the truth, which has never been the goal of the LA Times.

By: steve

steve — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:38:01 +0000

My comment above is inoperative.” – Black Jack

No worries.

Keep the boilerplate Rolodex cocked and ready.

By: See Dubya

See Dubya — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:19:43 +0000

Minor correction, but isn't your hometown the town where you were born or grew up? [A quick dictionary.com search says no. It's the "town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence." -- P]

By: Black Jack

Black Jack — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:45:44 +0000

My comment above is inoperative.