New York Times Lies, Lies, Lies...

...about Karl Rove's role in the Valerie Plame fiasco. Remember, when Plame's husband Joe Wilson first made his accusations regarding his trip to Niger, the Times printed a dozen stories on page one showing how the Bush administration distorted information to take us into war; and calling for a criminal investigation on who leaked his wife's name to cloumnist Robert Novak. When Joe Wilson admitted fabricating elements of the story; it appeared on page A14 in the Times. When their reporter, Judith Miller, was implicated in the "cover-up", the Times changed their story and said their was no crime after all. But now that Karl Rove's name is out there, wow, do we have a Bush-bashing story again, even if it has no basis in truth.

Today's headline:
Rove Reportedly Held Phone Talk on C.I.A. Officer

Damning, right? Now read a few sentences in:
Mr. Rove has told investigators that he learned from the columnist the name of the C.I.A. officer....The previously undisclosed telephone conversation, which took place on July 8, 2003, was initiated by Mr. Novak

So Rove either lied to a grand jury,or the Times printed a headline implicating Rove when he actually had been cleared. Why let the truth get in the way of a good story, especially when you can wistfully write "But it seems certain to add substantially to the political maelstrom that has engulfed the White House this week", or "...seemed almost certain to intensify the question about whether one of Mr. Bush's closest political advisers played a role in what appeared to be an effort to undermine Mr. Wilson's ".

The truth "seems" to be buried within the distortions:

In an Op-Ed article for The New York Times on July 6, 2003, Mr. Wilson suggested that he had been sent to Niger because of Mr. Cheney's interest in the matter. But Mr. Novak told Mr. Rove he knew that Mr. Wilson had been sent at the urging of Ms. Wilson, the person who had been briefed on the matter said.

So the main source for all the allegations is a liar. Won't stop the Times, or Paul Krugman, from a leftist smear:

Mr. Rove should receive a medal from the American Political Science Association for his pioneering discoveries about modern American politics. The medal can, if necessary, be delivered to his prison cell.

Dream on, New York Times, Paul Krugman, et al.....keep casting doubts on others when your primary source is a liar and the only one in a prison cell is one of your own reporters...it "seems" as if lies and doubts are all you have left.


Links to story here: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/15/politics/15rove.html?hp&ex=1121486400&en=bac819afc84e3590&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Link to Krugman here: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/15/opinion/15krugman.html