PressThink Jay Rosen believes political reporters admire how savvy
Karl Rove has been and overlook his viciousness. He writes: "Have you noticed, in all the press coverage of Rove's announcement yesterday, how no one spoke of knowing Karl Rove as a source?
Matt Cooper is one we know about because of the trial of
Scooter Libby. There are many others we do not know about because they agreed to keep his name a secret. But make no mistake: they are also the ones writing the 'balanced' non-committal retrospectives, the ones with 50-50 headlines like 'Rove bows out despised and deified.'"
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Plante didn't hear from bosses about "If he's so smart..." question (NYO) >
Bloggers, pundits have plenty to say about Rove's resignation (SF Chron)
