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Truthout "Stands Down" on Rove Article | 40 comments (40 topical)
Re: Truthout "Stands Down" on Rove Article (none / 0) (#7)
by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jun 16, 2006 at 12:09:06 PM EST
Who cares if Leopold was setup, it is irrelevant to the discussion & doesn't forgive Leopold & TruthOut for not keeping their word. It was Leopold & the TruthOut editors decision to allow the statement that if Rove's indictment didn't happen, Leopold would reveal his sources saying that Rove was indicted or that an indictment was coming. I am sure that that went through the same quality vetting processes that his sources should have went through before publishing the information. By postponing the release or by actually not releasing the information in whole, as promised, Leopold & TruthOut are at best showing how blatantly incompetent their journalistic skills & integrity are & at worst it shows them to be out right liars! I guess the TruthOut response is going to follow that the same "24 hour" period that the Rove indictment did. The irony is that while Rove had the guts to wave his 5th amendment rights 5 times, it appears that TruthOut & Leopold are going to cower behind the assertion of protecting their sources - when they have already shown publicly the Leopold wouldn't if the information proved false. One has to appreciate the difficult position they are in... if they release the sources, no-one will trust them & if they don't, they are liars & no-one will trust them. Either way, they've shown nothing but pure incompetence that goes well beyond the publishing of some questionable material.

Truthout "Stands Down" on Rove Article | 40 comments (40 topical)

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