March 24, 2004

The Plot Thickens II

I wrote my item on the White House's major effort to undermine Richard Clarke's credibility too soon. Before Vice President Chaney's intervention, that is.
How wonderful that he made his comments on the Rush Limbaugh show!
I was struck by the way Jon Stewart dealt with the story on the Daily Show last night. He reedited comments from National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice and the White House press secretary to show how they used almost the exact same words and phrases in their separate attacks on Clarke.
The Daily Show bills itself as a fake news program. Seems to me that exercise was real journalism.

Posted by Arthur Alpert at March 24, 2004 03:26 PM