Comments on: How Spin Is Made http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Black Jack http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 Black Jack Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:33:21 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/#comment-1360 Sheep Dipped in Kool-Aid: QUOTE “she categorically denies leaking classified information” Well, well, well, Bill Clinton went on national TV, wagged his finger in America's face, and told a big, fat, whopper. He denied he had sexual relations with "that woman." It turned out what he said wasn't so, and that lie came straight from the horse's mouth. So, why should anyone believe anything the paid mouthpiece for a lying leaker says? If Mary McCarthy wants to lie, she can at least follow the example set by ex-President Clinton, and come on out and lie directly to our faces. It's what we've come to expect from the Left. Sheep Dipped in Kool-Aid:

QUOTE “she categorically denies leaking classified information”

Well, well, well, Bill Clinton went on national TV, wagged his finger in America’s face, and told a big, fat, whopper. He denied he had sexual relations with “that woman.”

It turned out what he said wasn’t so, and that lie came straight from the horse’s mouth. So, why should anyone believe anything the paid mouthpiece for a lying leaker says?

If Mary McCarthy wants to lie, she can at least follow the example set by ex-President Clinton, and come on out and lie directly to our faces. It’s what we’ve come to expect from the Left.

]]> By: Gauis Arbo http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-1315 Gauis Arbo Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:43:52 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/#comment-1315 Jim, Cobb was not quoted as saying that in the Post article. Jim,

Cobb was not quoted as saying that in the Post article.

]]> By: Jim O'Hara http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 Jim O'Hara Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:18:24 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/#comment-1306 McCarthy's lawyer said, QUOTE "she categorically denies leaking classified information" - For whatever reason the Post chose not to include this direct quote, but instead summarized it in both the first paragraph and the headline. You attempt to discredit this summarized assertion by attacking a secondary quote. That my friend is spin. I bet you were hoping nobody bothered to check to see what else the laywer said, and just accepted your attack on the secondary quote as proof she really leaked the information and was releasing some Clinton-like half truth to cover it up. On a semi-related note, you must hate that show 24, where that scumbag Jack Bauer keeps breaking the law and doing what he thinks is "right." He should be jailed for treason and high crimes against the country. Nobody dare speak out against authority! That's unAmerican, right? Jim McCarthy’s lawyer said, QUOTE “she categorically denies leaking classified information” – For whatever reason the Post chose not to include this direct quote, but instead summarized it in both the first paragraph and the headline. You attempt to discredit this summarized assertion by attacking a secondary quote. That my friend is spin. I bet you were hoping nobody bothered to check to see what else the laywer said, and just accepted your attack on the secondary quote as proof she really leaked the information and was releasing some Clinton-like half truth to cover it up.

On a semi-related note, you must hate that show 24, where that scumbag Jack Bauer keeps breaking the law and doing what he thinks is “right.” He should be jailed for treason and high crimes against the country. Nobody dare speak out against authority! That’s unAmerican, right?

Jim

]]> By: Gauis Arbo http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-1296 Gauis Arbo Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:34:24 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/#comment-1296 Jim, did you read the quote? The quote did not say what the first paragraph said it did. It's not secondary. The words "categorically denies" don't even appear in the WaPo article. You're spinning here. Jim, did you read the quote? The quote did not say what the first paragraph said it did. It’s not secondary. The words “categorically denies” don’t even appear in the WaPo article.

You’re spinning here.

]]> By: Jim O'Hara http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-1295 Jim O'Hara Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:24:06 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/#comment-1295 What part of "She categorically denies leaking classified information" is spin? You pick some secondary comment of her laywer and rip it apart, while ignoring the primary assertion. At first I thought the title of this post was directed at the lawyer, but perhaps you're showing us your example? Jim What part of “She categorically denies leaking classified information” is spin? You pick some secondary comment of her laywer and rip it apart, while ignoring the primary assertion. At first I thought the title of this post was directed at the lawyer, but perhaps you’re showing us your example?

Jim

]]> By: Black Jack http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 Black Jack Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:52:23 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/#comment-1267 In reference to the sort of information Mary McCarthy would have access to while in the Inspector General's office, Saturday's WaPo contained the following: [A]s the person singularly responsible for sensitive internal investigations of alleged wrongdoing at the agency, the inspector general is routinely granted extraordinary access to secrets ordinarily not shared with others inside the CIA. In reference to the sort of information Mary McCarthy would have access to while in the Inspector General’s office, Saturday’s WaPo contained the following:

[A]s the person singularly responsible for sensitive internal investigations of alleged wrongdoing at the agency, the inspector general is routinely granted extraordinary access to secrets ordinarily not shared with others inside the CIA.

]]> By: Gauis Arbo http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Gauis Arbo Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:05:03 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/#comment-1248 Not having access to material is not the same as having no knowledge either. You can know about the general outlines of some things without being specifically in the loop on the details. Not having access to material is not the same as having no knowledge either. You can know about the general outlines of some things without being specifically in the loop on the details.

]]> By: CDB http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 CDB Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:59:10 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/04/25/how-spin-is-made/#comment-1247 So how do you leak somthing you don't know? Just asking. So how do you leak somthing you don’t know? Just asking.

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