Joe Wilson and Selective Reporting

Mainstream Media, Joe Wilson and Selective Reporting

Joe Wilson complained in an interview on the CBS News program, "60 Minutes," about how his wife, Valerie Plame, had her covert CIA career ruined by the publicity that ensued after the White House leak.

The one sided story, picked up and amplified by Reuters, fails to report the couple's responsibility in the events and the partisan politics that led to the whole issue.

Also not addressed is exactly why Wilson and Plame are complaining about her career ruining public exposure after having approved the publishing of their posed photos (see above), which have appeared repeatedly in the mainstream media.

Call me short-sighted but it seems after being exposed, if someone really wanted to salvage any sort of CIA career, they just wouldn't want their photo out in the news.

Wilson says leak destroyed wife's CIA career
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Valerie Plame's nearly two-decade career at the CIA and the secret life she crafted to conceal it were blown when her identity was revealed by a newspaper columnist, her husband, Joe Wilson said in a CBS "60 Minutes" interview on Sunday.

For a full factual accounting of the events surrounding Plamegate, see Factcheck.org:

The Wilson-Plame-Novak-Rove Blame Game
Both sides twist and hype the case of a CIA agent's leaked identity. We document what's known so far.

Political Tension: Status Quo
Gravity: Outed

Topics: current events, politics, Bush, Rove, News, Republicans, White House, Libby, Fitzgerald, Mainstream Media, Democrats, Plamegate

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