Benghazi isn't the scandal that Obama's critics make it out to be, the Washington Post's Jackson Diehl writes. But the real point of his column is to protect the legacy of the Bush White House's Iraq claims.
Nov
17
2010
'Fair Game' Dramatizes Media's Villainous Role in Plame Wilson Scandal
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The new film Fair Game, starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, recreates the Bush administration's exposure of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson in retaliation for her husband Joe Wilson's public criticism of Bush's WMD claims. It also depicts the shameful role that the D.C. establishment media played in facilitating the government's efforts to marginalize and punish a dissident. FAIR addressed the press's reprehensible performance in such pieces as "Spinning the Libby Indictment" (Extra!, 11-12/05) and "Miller's Tale" (Media Advisory, 10/21/05). (Judith Miller's name isn't mentioned in the film, but her wretched reporting in the New York Times makes a [...]
