MSM has fun with headlines

Ever since the story broke yesterday about Bush apparently giving the OK on the release of information pertaining to Iraqi weapons, the MSM has been all over it. That's fine and all, but their coverage of it is just terrible.

First, as the title of this post states, they like to have fun with headlines. Example, on the homepages of both CNN and Fox News, I've seen headlines saying "Bush OK'd leak." This is incredibly misleading, because most people know this story only for the fact that Plame's identity was revealed. So, just by looking at the headline, most people would assume that it says that Bush the ok'd Plame leak. Only when you click on the story does the full story come out "Bush authorized leaks ABOUT IRAQ."

Secondly, while watching Good Morning America this morning, the host was talking with their lead white house correspondent about this Bush leak story. Their entire coverage was obviously one sided and biased. The anchor asked the correspondent if this leak gave any risk to national security. He responded that he didn't think it did, but he's sure many people will be going back through that report to check. Seems reasonable, right?

A question or two later, the host referred to the "fact" that Bush's leak did in fact put the security of the nation at risk. Are you kidding me? How ridiculous.

Other coverage of note:
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams said "There is an allegation tonight that President Bush authorized the leak of government information -- sensitive, classified information about Iraq -- in order to get back at a critic of his administration and the build-up to war." Referring to Libby's charge, Williams asserted: "If what he is saying is true, it would mean he was used, in effect, by the President and Vice President to leak secrets. It is a story of much intrigue, big names, and potentially very high stakes."

Come on, that's absolutely ridiculous, full of deception and lies.

And this one is for Tony over at BTI who calls Hardball "Republican Softball."
From newsbusters:

That didn't take long! Back in the MSM's Watergate heyday, it took a while for a steady drumbeat of revelations, stories and allegations to gather sufficient momentum. The pace has apparently quickened in the modern liberal-media world. On this morning's Today show, speaking of the allegation that President Bush authorized the disclosure of information by Scooter Libby, Matt Lauer asked Chris Matthews: "scale of 1 to 10, [where] 10 is a deal-ender, where does this fall?"

Matthews didn't hesitate: "heading to 10."

Even Lauer seemed taken aback: "Really, that big?"

For good measure, Matthews later analogized VP Cheney to Henry II having put out a hit leading to the murder of a dissenter in his administration.

Tags: Plame CIA Leak, Good Morning America, Libby Matthews, Liberal Media, Bush