Tuesday, May 18, 2004

ABU GHRAIB (cont'd)
I think Fred Kaplan hits the nail on the head here as to why the Abu Ghraib story has turned into an all-out feeding frenzy, the likes of which I haven't seen since Bill Clinton didn't have sex with that woman:

"Seymour Hersh seems to be on his hottest roll as an investigative reporter in 30 years, and the editors of every major U.S. daily newspaper aren't going to stand for it. "We're having our lunch handed to us by a weekly magazine!" one can imagine them shouting in their morning meetings. Scoops and counterscoops will be the order of the day."

A juicy story about the heinous abuse of prisoners is one thing, but nothing lights a fire underneath the collective media arse like getting scooped. Three times in three weeks, no less.

I'm happy to say that it is now too late for Bush to dump Rumsfeld. Had he asked for the Don's resignation three weeks ago, just as the story was breaking, Bush likely would've been able to divert much of the subsequent attention and digrace onto his former Secretary of Defense. I don't think that's possible any more.

posted by Matt Duss @ 10:13 AM

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