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NBC’s Gregory Bashes McClellan Over Abramoff

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Posted on Jan 20, 2006
NBC's David Gregory and White House spokesman Scott McClellan.
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NBC’s David Gregory and White House spokesman Scott McClellan.

Crooks and Liars: In a heated debate in yesterday’s press briefing, Gregory got into it with Scotty over Jack Abramoff’s connection to the White House. | Crooks and Liars has the video.
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By W. White, January 21, 2006 at 4:30 am Link to this comment
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If I were a White House reporter, I would no longer attribute announcements to McClellan by using a declarative statement, as in this example, ‘Yesterday, the WH spokesman Scott McClellan said that the U.S. does not tolerate torture under any circumstance.’

Instead, I would resolve to use direct quotes, repeating his exact words. To wit, ‘Yesterday, WH spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters: “Torture, of the type defined by Justice Department lawyers, of anyone in our territorial jurisdiction, is never tolerated under any circumstance.”’

The declarative sentence is carelessness tossed out and just as easily accepted by the casual reader as true. The actual quote, however, is so Clintonian that it invites well-deserved scrutiny. Too often, the press unwittingly sanitizes the weaseling words of this administration.

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