Sen. Mitch McConnell released a scathing summary of the Joseph Wilson debacle a few days ago. He noted, among other things, the wide press coverage of Wilson's charges and the less-frenzied efforts by the same media outlets to correct the record.
This seems to have prodded Howard Kurtz of hte WaPo to gather a few more numbers. Via Glenn, we see that the Captain is on this.
One lesson - if the Reps scream the press will cover this. Some of the press coverage last year was media frenzy over stock story lines (the whistleblower, the Spy Who Loved Me...), but the coverage was also driven by the howls of Democratic biggies.
I'm not holding my breath for those retractions. I find the lack of response to this story to be simply fascinating.
No media bias here.
Nope, none at all!
Posted by: kdeweb | July 26, 2004 at 06:43 PM