The fact that the President of the United States is publicly attacking a federal judge, prosecutors, and even the jury foreman connected to a case involving the president's former adviser who was convicted of obstruction of justice and witness tampering in connection to his role in the 2016 campaign.(by Eric Boehlert, February 21, 2020, article)
Well, Barr did work as AG for that “Great Man of Principle” George H.W. Bush. So what if Barr bragged in speeches about urging Bush to pardon not just Caspar Weinberger, but all of Bush’s Iran Contra co-conspirators? Who cares if Bush lied for years, claiming he was out of the loop on Iran Contra? Who cares if Iran Contra was unconstitutional and illegal? Who cares if Bush withheld his diary of all those meetings - he said he wasn’t in those meetings anyway, right? Who care if the Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh was planning to make Bush’s diary public at Caspar Weinberger’s trial? Or that Walsh was outraged by the pardons and accused Bush of “completing the coverup”? We all know that Poppy was an honorable man so Barr must be, too, amirite?
I am convinced the reason they bow down to Barr - or did until recently- is because he was GHW Bush’s AG and they have Bush on a pedestal. I repeatedly saw journalists and pundits refer to that fact as proof of Barr’s solid character.
I have never understood why Bush got a pass from the media for his role in Iran Contra and his repeated lies about it. At the time I read that when the man running the illegal Contra operation, Felix Rodriguez, realized that a plane was lost he immediately called Donald Gregg, Bush’s National Security Adviser and close friend. Clearly Bush was deeply involved in the Contra operation yet he was allowed to get away with claiming for years to have been out of the loop. He also lied about fully cooperating with the investigation because he was withholding his diary, just as Weinberger was doing - with Colin Powell’s help.
Powell is another person the media has put on a pedestal and refused to hold to the same standard they expect of others. David Corn has reported that a major network deliberately killed a story about Powell lying to the Iran Contra Congressional investigators - which is illegal. The media has also ignored the fact that Powell did not preserve his official Secretary of State emails, a violation of the FOIA laws.
It is this kind of double standard that has caused me to lose trust in our mainstream “liberal” media.
I think Barr’s time working w/ Bush def convinced today’s DC press that He was a ‘serious’ ‘ethical’ person. and they still cling to that despite the mounting evidence to the contrary
Years ago I read a book by Jack Germond ( I think it was Fat Man Fed UP). Germond was very critical of the media’s coverage of people in politics. He said that once the media settled on a “frame” for someone they would report the things that reinforced that impression rather than objectively report all the facts. He backed that claim up with several examples. Since then I have seen that pattern repeated over and over.
The DC Press Corpse is totally in the tank for Republicans.
some days it sure seems that way
The fact that the President of the United States is publicly attacking a federal judge, prosecutors, and even the jury foreman connected to a case involving the president's former adviser who was convicted of obstruction of justice and witness tampering in connection to his role in the 2016 campaign.(by Eric Boehlert, February 21, 2020, article)
Well, Barr did work as AG for that “Great Man of Principle” George H.W. Bush. So what if Barr bragged in speeches about urging Bush to pardon not just Caspar Weinberger, but all of Bush’s Iran Contra co-conspirators? Who cares if Bush lied for years, claiming he was out of the loop on Iran Contra? Who cares if Iran Contra was unconstitutional and illegal? Who cares if Bush withheld his diary of all those meetings - he said he wasn’t in those meetings anyway, right? Who care if the Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh was planning to make Bush’s diary public at Caspar Weinberger’s trial? Or that Walsh was outraged by the pardons and accused Bush of “completing the coverup”? We all know that Poppy was an honorable man so Barr must be, too, amirite?
good pt...Barr has long history of corruption. so why does DC press lay down to him?
I am convinced the reason they bow down to Barr - or did until recently- is because he was GHW Bush’s AG and they have Bush on a pedestal. I repeatedly saw journalists and pundits refer to that fact as proof of Barr’s solid character.
I have never understood why Bush got a pass from the media for his role in Iran Contra and his repeated lies about it. At the time I read that when the man running the illegal Contra operation, Felix Rodriguez, realized that a plane was lost he immediately called Donald Gregg, Bush’s National Security Adviser and close friend. Clearly Bush was deeply involved in the Contra operation yet he was allowed to get away with claiming for years to have been out of the loop. He also lied about fully cooperating with the investigation because he was withholding his diary, just as Weinberger was doing - with Colin Powell’s help.
Powell is another person the media has put on a pedestal and refused to hold to the same standard they expect of others. David Corn has reported that a major network deliberately killed a story about Powell lying to the Iran Contra Congressional investigators - which is illegal. The media has also ignored the fact that Powell did not preserve his official Secretary of State emails, a violation of the FOIA laws.
It is this kind of double standard that has caused me to lose trust in our mainstream “liberal” media.
I think Barr’s time working w/ Bush def convinced today’s DC press that He was a ‘serious’ ‘ethical’ person. and they still cling to that despite the mounting evidence to the contrary
Found a link to the Donald Gregg story
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/the-dirty-secrets-of-george-bush-71927/
Here is the link to David Corn’s Powell article
https://www.salon.com/2000/03/20/powell_3/
Years ago I read a book by Jack Germond ( I think it was Fat Man Fed UP). Germond was very critical of the media’s coverage of people in politics. He said that once the media settled on a “frame” for someone they would report the things that reinforced that impression rather than objectively report all the facts. He backed that claim up with several examples. Since then I have seen that pattern repeated over and over.
Long may he continue to live among us
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