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11:04 - Behold the crushing of dissent
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Stephen Green quoting Scott McClellan being grilled by the press over the Newsweek scandal. (That's right, the press has the sente in this game. Still.)
Q With respect, who made you the editor of Newsweek? Do you think it's appropriate for you, at that podium, speaking with the authority of the President of the United States, to tell an American magazine what they should print?
MR. McCLELLAN: I'm not telling them. I'm saying that we would encourage them to help --
Q You're pressuring them.
MR. McCLELLAN: No, I'm saying that we would encourage them --
Q It's not pressure?
MR. McCLELLAN: Look, this report caused serious damage to the image of the United States abroad. And Newsweek has said that they got it wrong. I think Newsweek recognizes the responsibility they have. We appreciate the step that they took by retracting the story. Now we would encourage them to move forward and do all that they can to help repair the damage that has been done by this report. And that's all I'm saying. But, no, you're absolutely right, it's not my position to get into telling people what they can and cannot report....
Q Are you asking them to write a story about how great the American military is; is that what you're saying here?
Noooooooo, I'm just asking them not to LIE about how BAD it is.
Why can't we have a press secretary as snide and sharp-tongued and arrogant and downright rude as the people he has to deal with every day?
For crying out loud, even when the scandal is against the administration's opponents, the administration ends up being the one against the wall.
And people call this a Nazi state.
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Brian Tiemann
