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Media-manufactured “attorneys fired” scandal continues to erupt

What we’ve seen in the media and leftoid blogs the last several days regarding the attorneys who were fired by the Justice Department is a classic example of a media-manufactured scandal. It starts with the basic premise that the WH has “done something wrong” and then goes about trying to prove it. In other words, a conclusion is drawn about an issue in the early stages of writing about it, and the goal from that point on is to find a way to ‘prove’ your assumptions, thereby closing the mind to any alternative scenarios......   [Read More]

Sorting it all out: The controversy over the firing of several US attorneys

I’m still trying sorting through and make an assessment from all the news stories about the eight US attorneys who were fired last year by the Justice Department, especially seeing how new information about this story comes out everyday. Captain Ed has the latest news, which talks about how WH counsel Harriet Miers had initially suggested all 93 US attorneys be fired after the 2004 elections because of complaints that they had not pursued allegations of voter fraud vigorously enough. Ed writes:.....   [Read More]