06.05.08
The watchdogs we have
Also from today’s Froomkin column:
John Young writes in a Cox News Service opinion column about Scott McClellan’s first broadcast to discuss his new book on NBC’s Today Show with Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer.
“[A]nyone who tuned in seeking to get a better understanding about the mind-set of the policy makers who plunged a nation into that war instead got a further glimpse into how we could be so distracted.
“For 45 minutes, Matt and Meredith probed not the thought processes and decisions of George Bush, or Dick Cheney, or Condoleezza Rice. No, Meredith and Matt probed the thought processes of — Scott McClellan.
“Why now, Scott? What do you think the president thinks of you? Will you two guys go fishing now? Why didn’t you speak up then to the president?
“Watching this, one could easily see how America would be led into a pre-emptive war based on lies. We have watchdogs like Meredith and Matt.”
