Newsweek's 'Snoopgate' Hip Hops Around Bush
WASHINGTON/POLITICS
COMMENTARY
Snoopgate? Fo-shizzle!
Come on, gimme a break.
Jonathan Alter throws more fuel onto the anti-Bush flamewar and gives it a name. Newsweek's Web column, Bush’s Snoopgate, offers nothing more than an opinion which is missing as many vital pieces of information as the story it opines upon ... and ultimately becomes nothing more than a pro-press speculation as to why the Times held the story. Alter's comments add nothing vital to the discussion. Be sure to wash after reading.
NEWSBYTE
Bush’s Snoopgate
Dec. 19, 2005 - Finally we have a Washington scandal that goes beyond sex, corruption and political intrigue to big issues like security versus liberty and the reasonable bounds of presidential power. President Bush came out swinging on Snoopgate—he made it seem as if those who didn’t agree with him wanted to leave us vulnerable to Al Qaeda—but it will not work. We’re seeing clearly now that Bush thought 9/11 gave him license to act like a dictator, or in his own mind, no doubt, like Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
TENSION: Divisive
GRAVITY: Status quo
Tags: politics, News, terrorism, Middle East, White House, Iraq, war, journalism, mainstream media, press, current events, Bush
COMMENTARYSnoopgate? Fo-shizzle!
Come on, gimme a break.
Jonathan Alter throws more fuel onto the anti-Bush flamewar and gives it a name. Newsweek's Web column, Bush’s Snoopgate, offers nothing more than an opinion which is missing as many vital pieces of information as the story it opines upon ... and ultimately becomes nothing more than a pro-press speculation as to why the Times held the story. Alter's comments add nothing vital to the discussion. Be sure to wash after reading.
NEWSBYTE
Bush’s Snoopgate
Dec. 19, 2005 - Finally we have a Washington scandal that goes beyond sex, corruption and political intrigue to big issues like security versus liberty and the reasonable bounds of presidential power. President Bush came out swinging on Snoopgate—he made it seem as if those who didn’t agree with him wanted to leave us vulnerable to Al Qaeda—but it will not work. We’re seeing clearly now that Bush thought 9/11 gave him license to act like a dictator, or in his own mind, no doubt, like Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
TENSION: Divisive
GRAVITY: Status quo
Tags: politics, News, terrorism, Middle East, White House, Iraq, war, journalism, mainstream media, press, current events, Bush
posted by Steven Moyer at 7:58 AM
1 Comments:
You know I don't live in the US, but even I'm starting to look forward to your next president, I think things might be a bit more normalized then
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