{"id":4954,"date":"2005-08-12T10:25:13","date_gmt":"2005-08-12T14:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=4954"},"modified":"2005-08-12T10:25:13","modified_gmt":"2005-08-12T14:25:13","slug":"novak-starts-to-lose-the-support-of-his-colleagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/novak-starts-to-lose-the-support-of-his-colleagues\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak starts to lose the support of his colleagues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ultimately, journalists will usually defend other journalists, even if it’s little more than out of professional courtesy. Bob Novak’s colleagues, however, seem to have had just about enough of the guy.<\/p>\n

The Denver Post got the ball rolling this week with an editorial<\/a> insisting that it’s time for Novak to come clean.<\/p>\n

It’s time for Robert Novak to give a public accounting of what led up to his 2003 newspaper column in which he revealed the identity of a heretofore clandestine CIA operative, Valerie Plame. […]<\/p>\n

Novak finally broke his silence last week, defending his work after a CIA official suggested that Novak had acted improperly…. But it’s not reasonable for the columnist to discuss the Plame matter when it suits him but continue his silence when it doesn’t. […]<\/p>\n

Novak put his toe in the water Aug. 1 and should complete his public explanation now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Denver paper isn’t the only outlet insisting that Novak offer a “public accounting.” Editor & Publisher, a media trade publication, asked<\/a> a series of columnists and editors who run Novak’s column if they agreed with the Post’s suggestion. Several major players, including Richard Reeves and Cal Thomas, said Novak should discuss his role in the scandal, especially after broaching the subject in his column last week.<\/p>\n

But I was particularly fond Creators columnist Norman Solomon’s perspective.<\/p>\n

“Novak should give a ‘public accounting,’ but not to reveal confidential sources and not in response to legal duress,” he told E&P Online. “The problem with Novak the columnist is not that he revealed the name of a CIA agent but that he has long served as a de facto operative for the Republican Party’s spin machine. … This is far from the first time he has worked hand-in-glove with the likes of Karl Rove. He’s a prime example of elite pundits who routinely appear on network TV and hundreds of Op-Ed pages while spinning to serve powerful partisan interests that hold sway in Washington.” […]<\/p>\n

When asked whether Novak should lose subscribers, Solomon replied: “If I were an Op-Ed editor, I wouldn’t run Novak’s column — not because he’s conservative or because of the Plame incident, but because truth-in-packing would require a cumbersome notice to readers that the columnist’s work has been an integral part of the Republican Party’s media-spin apparatus.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Time to enjoy retirement, Bob.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ultimately, journalists will usually defend other journalists, even if it’s little more than out of professional courtesy. Bob Novak’s colleagues, however, seem to have had just about enough of the guy. The Denver Post got the ball rolling this week with an editorial insisting that it’s time for Novak to come clean. It’s time for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}