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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Rove Didn't leak Plame? Never Mind Then.

The American Journalism Review has a rather lame summary of the reason the MSM dropped “Plamegate” like a hot potato after it was revealed that it was not a White House plot after all.

As any number of people who have been slimed by the creatures of the press has asked, “where do I go to get my reputation back?” Malicious gossips can be ostracized. But if the malicious gossips are hired by newspapers, magazines and TV networks, they have the opportunity to change the subject and never suffer the opprobrium that real people suffer for spreading lies.

Because the people who wear the filthy badges of the MSM are not real people. They are, like the creatures in Tolkien’s books: orcs. You can see them and read them daily. They are creatures without conscience. They can print faked pictures during wartime, photograph murders at high noon and receive bonuses for it, they proudly tell us that if they witnessed American troops heading into an ambush they would keep quiet and keep filming. And for this they are lavishly rewarded by their creators in Mordor.

Am I being unnaturally harsh? Not at all. Read this apologia by Rem Reider of the American Journalism Review and see how he ends.

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