Now Your Intelligence Is Insulted??

At a White House press conference yesterday, one brave reporter had the guts to tell Tony Snow to stop insulting their intelligence. It was in reference to the commutation of Scooter Libby prison sentence. My question is, where have you been the last seven years?

The press has given George Bush break after break. It started on the campaign trail in 2000. It became shameful after September 11th and it remains pitiful even today amidst all the scandals. There are few journalists left (like Sy Hersh) that care about having their intelligence insulted so maybe we just had bad odds on having Tony Snow being called out. His job as spokesman for The Decider is to do whatever it takes to put a positive light on the constitutional shredding that Bush and Cheney take part of on a daily basis. So of course he'll try to insult your intelligence.

The role of the fourth estate is to use your intelligence to combat the lies of the Adminstration. Tell the truth and expose the facts instead of giving their side every opportunity to spin their deceitfulness on the American people. Instead of having shouting matches on cable news programs and printing government press releases verbatim in your newspapers, try to interject some truth.

It isn't about giving us your personal opinion, the goal is to not be a tool of the Administration or any governmental official, Democrat or Republican. They have their own ways of disseminating information besides using you in order to look legitimate. The AEI and PNAC will survive without your help, trust me.

Hopefully the brave words April Ryan spoke to Tony yesterday will have some effect on the White House Press Corp and others that cover Washington. Emphasis on "Hopefully." Please quit your jobs as mouthpieces of the Administration and become journalists again.