Should he have had a 1 hour shouting match with that official concerning his statements?
and you are still unable to POINT OUT THE THREAT
If it was just an isolated incident it can be rightfully shrugged off but there has been many examples of threats intimidation and suppression to the media by this white houseand you are still unable to POINT OUT THE THREAT
What we have is Woodward saying one thing in an email and another thing on Fox News.On one hand, we have a guy that tells us he felt threatened.
On the other, we have an email between the two parties. In this email, the person that later claims he was threatened tried to downplay his concerns to the party he feels threatened him.
I’m sorry, but that you accept one piece of info exclusively is obvious confirmation bias.
I'm a million miles away from this, but it would depend on what he would get to make him feel regret. Mostly, this doesn't make Woodward look so good, unless we get a fuller picture of the shouting match.
You probably meant to say 'impugn'. Check a dictionary.
Who ever said that Bob Woodward had any integrity?
Well, considered his response back the the WH read like he's saying, "No harm done; no worries, mate." I'd say, he had no problem with it until he saw an opportunity to drum up some controversy.
BTW: Since when are Right Wingers big defenders of the free press? Must be something new because you guys went bananas in 2003 &4 when any journalist said anything negative about Bush-Cheney and the folly called invading Iraq.
What we have is Woodward saying one thing in an email and another thing on Fox News.
BTW: Since when are Right Wingers big defenders of the free press? Must be something new because you guys went bananas in 2003 &4 when any journalist said anything negative about Bush-Cheney and the folly called invading Iraq.
exactly. the two things are in conflict.
and you choose to believe which one?
rolls eyes right back at you
Why does the left here ignore that a journalist was called and yelled at by a top BO advisor for telling the truth ?
Ooh ooh! The email!
This is fun, ask another question!
Why do some people on the right try to make something out of nothing?
Any ideas?
Conservatives Regret Taking Woodward's 'Threat' Story Seriously | TPM LiveWire
Politico on Thursday posted the emails between Woodward and White House economic adviser Gene Sperling, who told Woodward, "as a friend, I think you will regret staking out that claim."
"Looks like we were played," The Daily Caller's Matt Lewis wrote Thursday morning.
RedState editor Erick Erickson was also surprised after reading the emails:
The Washington Examiner's Byron York agreed:People who made big deal of this got played
Fox News political analyst Brit Hume tweeted that it is hard to imagine feeling threatened by Sperling:
Keith Urbahn, Donald Rumsfeld's former chief of staff, tweeted:Vintage Woodward: Cherry pick a friendly exchange, make it sinister & vault himself into the media, Did it with Rummy in State of Denial
ok. do you agree you are guilty of confirmation bias?
ok. do you agree you are guilty of confirmation bias?
Lol.... wut? Confirmation bias? Confirmation bias demands that the sources be ambiguous. There is nothing ambiguous about the e-mail. It wasn't a threat.
That Woodward feels threatened is a completely subjective response, but when a senior WH official tells you that you will regret something, he or she generally means it.
Come on, man. Do you seriously have any doubt about who is running the show at the WH? Do you seriously think a "senior" person in the WH would have the balls to say something like this on his own?
There appear to be some on the right who are showing a bit of embarrassment for jumping into the conflict too early, once they had a chance to read the emails
Everyone believes what they want to believe.
That's why this whole conversation is pretty much a total waste of time.
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