Thursday, June 15, 2006

It's great to be Rove

Scanning the headlines, it’s easy to imagine the media are more upset than most with Rove’s escape. Very few seem to actually endorse the prosecutor’s decision. Here is a sample:

Rove Avoids Being Charged in CIA Leak Case

Karl Rove escaped being charged in the CIA leak case CNN

Karl Rove Dodges Indictment in CIA Leak Case

Observers say that Rove, by contrast, may have only neglected to tell the grand jury that he talked about the matter with Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper.

NPR

Rove free to strategize campaigns after being cleared Houston Chronicle

Karl Rove Escapes Prosecution and Now, What About Cheney? Yahoo! News

Rove Sidesteps Indictment Los Angeles Times, CA

Rove case is croaked Boston Herald, United States

“At the end of the day it’s of keen interest to me to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs.” - former Ambassador Joe Wilson, August 2003.

Telling the FBI the truth saved Karl Rove MSNBC

Fitzgerald Leave Questions Unanswered Washington Post, United States

Rove's lawyer says he's safe Chicago Tribune, United States

I suspect for many in the media it will mean a more critical eye is kept on the Houdini of the white House. I get the sense that the media can smell the putrefied prawns; they just can’t locate the source. Either that or the story, or subject thereof, is just too good to let go.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is one of the reasons why religion was invented - so we can at least get some satisfaction believing that people like Rove will get what they deserve in the end, for all time.

Cartledge said...

I'm always a bit leery of non-news stories, like: SanFrancisco man doesn't visit every gay bar.
However, sometimes you can get a measure of reaction by the way non-news is framed.
Even the loss of a good story seems a lightweight motive for turning on Bush Incorporated.