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Cheney-staffer-turned-reporter now covering Libby indictment for NBC News' |
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by David Sirota Working For Change Entered into the database on Sunday, October 30th, 2005 @ 12:29:42 MST |
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Over at the Huffington Post, Dan
Carol asks a great question: how can NBC's Pete Williams be allowed to cover
the Scooter Libby story for the network, considering Williams was a longtime
former staffer for Dick Cheney? That's right – according to Williams'
biography on NBC's website, Williams is "a native of Casper, Wyoming"
– where Cheney is from. In 1986, Williams "joined the Washington,
DC staff of then Congressman Dick Cheney as press secretary and a legislative
assistant. In 1989, when Cheney was named Assistant Secretary of Defense, Williams
was appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs." Now Williams is being allowed to report on the indictment of Cheney's chief
of staff for NBC News, as if he was just a regular old nonpartisan objective
journalist. And, as Carol
points out, Williams seems to be using his position on TV in some pretty
questionable ways when it comes to the case. |
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