Comments on: Scott McClellan: We’ll End ‘Background’ If You Drop Anonymous Sources http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/scott_mcclellan_well_end_background_if_you_drop_anonymous_sources/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:36:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Neo http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/scott_mcclellan_well_end_background_if_you_drop_anonymous_sources/comment-page-1/#comment-44921 Neo Thu, 05 May 2005 12:36:44 +0000 /?p=10389#comment-44921 This conversation between (mostly among) the MSM and the White House is sort of like listening to junkies say that they would quit if the sun rose in the west. They really never intend to change but like to look like they are making an effort. This conversation between (mostly among) the MSM and the White House is sort of like listening to junkies say that they would quit if the sun rose in the west. They really never intend to change but like to look like they are making an effort.

]]> By: kappiy http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/scott_mcclellan_well_end_background_if_you_drop_anonymous_sources/comment-page-1/#comment-44823 kappiy Wed, 04 May 2005 17:23:44 +0000 /?p=10389#comment-44823 Why doesn't the White House continue to--to use Bush's term (or was it Chomsky's)--"bypass the filter" of the media by spending more money on PR hacks? Why doesn't the White House continue to--to use Bush's term (or was it Chomsky's)--"bypass the filter" of the media by spending more money on PR hacks?

]]> By: Ross Judson http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/scott_mcclellan_well_end_background_if_you_drop_anonymous_sources/comment-page-1/#comment-44807 Ross Judson Wed, 04 May 2005 15:47:41 +0000 /?p=10389#comment-44807 I'm not so sure we want to raise the bar for whistle blowers to the point where they have to fall on their swords if they want to tell the truth... On the other hand, there's nothing stopping anyone from meeting secretly with a reporter -- this is only about the background briefs. I'm not so sure we want to raise the bar for whistle blowers to the point where they have to fall on their swords if they want to tell the truth...

On the other hand, there's nothing stopping anyone from meeting secretly with a reporter -- this is only about the background briefs.

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