GOP Leaders Try to Distance Themselves From Smears
Posted by Keith Kamisugi | Filed under Media Coverage, Video
From Media Matters: On the Sunday shows, Lindsey Graham, Mitt Romney, Jeff Sessions, and Ed Gillespie attempted to distance themselves from conservative smears of Sonia Sotomayor as a racist. Jon Kyl dodged questions on the topic, as did Mitch McConnell before he eventually stated, “It is certainly not my view.”
Tags: Ed Gillespie, gop, jeff sessions, Jon Kyl, Lindsey Graham, media matters, mitch mcconnell, Mitt Romney, smears
Glenn Greenwald on Jeffrey Rosen’s anonymity-driven smear attack
Posted by Keith Kamisugi | Filed under Media Coverage, Opinion
Glenn Greenwald on salon.com today writing about how Jeffrey Rosen’s blogging of unattributed attacks on Judge Sotomayor reflects the lack of accountability prevalent in the Beltway establishment. (Thanks to Evelyn Nieves for posting the link on Facebook.)
“NPR has a thorough examination today of the controversy surrounding Jeffrey Rosen’s New Republic anonymity-driven smear attack on Sonia Sotomayor’s [...]
Tags: glenn greenwald, jeffrey rosen, new republic, salon
