Thank NED for the Blogosphere

I heard the Sandy Berger story on NPR this morning. They made it seem very innocuous: he took some notes, which was okay, but he took the notes with him, which was not. I didn't spew my coffee over the dashboard or anything, no big deal.

Then I read Instapundit. He stuffed Classified documents down his pants? Are you serious? Hugh Hewitt wonders:

Ask yourself what would be going on in Washington, D.C. tonight, and on the network news, within the blogosphere, and in the morning papers, if it had been revealed that Condi Rice was the target of a criminal investigation for removing classified handwritten notes from the government records relating to terrorism.

Glenn says "I think we know."

The NY Times sets the agenda. What's our beloved Grey Lady doing with this blockbuster news story? Ummm. Burying it. NewsMax.com:

If anyone still had any doubts about the New York Times being the Democrat establishment's house organ, today's edition is a hoot.

The scandal-plagued paper has buried the day's big news, about Sandy "Light Fingers" Berger, at the bottom of Page A16 in a seven-paragraph wire story. This unpleasant reality isn't even mentioned on the front page, though there was room to promote such "urgent" hard news as "Two Campaigns, Two Visions."

If not for blogs this story would NEVER get out. Even with them, I suppose most people won't pay attention.

Lucky day for Joe Wilson, though. The most fortuitous rescue by a more interesting news item since Neil Armstrong landed on the moon a few days after Ted Kennedy's little mishap at Chappaquiddick.

Posted by jk at July 20, 2004 09:26 AM