Staff / TruthdigJul 30, 2008
In response to Scott McClellan's suggestion that White House talking points somehow found their way onto Fox News pundits' teleprompter feeds, Bill O'Reilly took to the airwaves to defend his honor, denying he ever served as a mouthpiece to the Bush White House and declaring, "McClellan would never dare say that to my face." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 28, 2008
Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan has dropped yet another bombshell, telling "Hardball" host Chris Matthews on Friday that the Bush administration helped "shape the narrative" of Fox News by passing "taking points" to certain members of Fox's nighttime lineup. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 20, 2008
The most recent stop in former White House press secretary Scott McClellan's book tour was Capitol Hill, where he testified about his own participation in the Valerie Plame affair and the involvement of both Bush and Cheney in attempting to cover up the treasonous tracks of 2007 felon of the year Scooter Libby. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJun 10, 2008
Scott McClellan is making an important stop on Capitol Hill as he continues his book tour to tout that obscure memoir he wrote about being Bush's press secretary. According to The Huffington Post, McClellan has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about the Valerie Plame identity leak case and possibly other entries in the list of Bush's Greatest Hits during McClellan's time as presidential spokesman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Satire by Andy BorowitzJun 8, 2008
Mr. Bush said he was "surprised" that Mr. McClellan had written a book to criticize him because, he explained, "if you're trying to communicate some criticism to me, a book is pretty much the last place you'd put it." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 4, 2008
Scott McClellan, the man voted least likely to spend his summer vacation at Bush's Crawford ranch, paid a visit to "The Daily Show" on Monday night to revel in his newfound infamy among certain White House denizens -- oh, and to promote some book he wrote called, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception." Heard of it? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 31, 2008
This week's Mosaic Intelligence Report finds some startling parallels between former White House spokesman Scott McClellan's statements about the Bush administration's machinations during the early days of the Iraq war and those of Saddam Hussein's erstwhile minister of information, Mohammad Saeed al-Sahhaf. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 30, 2008
Scott McClellan appeared on the "Today" show Thursday to discuss his memoir, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception," and the "two defining moments" that caused him to become "increasingly dismayed and disillusioned with the way things were going in Washington, DC". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 30, 2008
As former White House press secretary Scott McClellan continues to catch major flak from Bush loyalists for "snitching" on Dubya and select presidential sidekicks in his new memoir, another erstwhile Bush aide, Mike Turk, has come out in support of McClellan's fightin' words in an interview with The Huffington Post. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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