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Thursday, August 11, 2005

The Media "Lined Up For These Lies" Spun By the White House

Editors & Publishers gives us a tantalizing preview of Michael Wolff's upcoming Vanity Faire piece in which he trashes the media for its duplicitous handling of the Plame Affair.

But its not just the Plame lies the media lines up for. The media trades off the public interest for greater access to the White House. They spin and even lie for the White House in exchange for the occasional scoop that allows them to sell themselves as real journalists and keep their millionaire lifestyle with all the invites to the right cocktail parties.

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