All Libby, All The Time...
We won’t even dare try to summarize all of the Libby coverage this morning (for that, go here).
Howard Kurtz chimes in and has this to say:
The case, in which special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald forced journalists to testify by using the threat of prison, was also a setback for media arguments that such testimony jeopardizes important newsgathering. “We do not think that what Libby was telling reporters was whistle-blowing,” Fitzgerald said yesterday, adding that subpoenaing journalists “should be a last resort.”
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The one plus for the media in Libby’s conviction involved Tim Russert, NBC’s Washington bureau chief, since the case turned on his credibility.
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