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What phrase best describes the issues concerning Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation?

Plamegate

The CIA leak scandal

The criminalization of politics

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Fox News Pushing “Criminalization of Politics” Talking Point
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/10/18/fox-criminalization/

Conservative defenders of Karl Rove and Scooter Libby have settled on their No. 1 talking point: the grand jury investigation into the CIA leak scandal represents the “criminalization of politics.”

In other words, they say, the outing of a covert CIA agent in a time of war to punish a whistleblower is just everyday “politics” — nothing out of the ordinary, certainly nothing criminal. In fact, according to conservatives (as articulated by the National Review), the “criminalizing of politics” is actually “the most dangerous fire of this ordeal.”

To spread this talking point across the nation, the right has received a major assist from Fox News. According to a database search, every single television reference to the CIA leak scandal as the “criminalization of politics” in the last 30 days has been on Fox. Even more stunning: on every occassion, the phrase was introduced into the segment by a Fox News anchor or correspondent, never by a guest.

Below, a compilation of clips featuring Fox anchors Chris Wallace, Sean Hannity, Stuart Varney, Bill O’Reilly, and correspondent William Kristol:

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1.

Nice work, Nico.

Comment by Brian — October 18, 2005 @ 10:33 am
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Fortunately, the phrase is ambiguous. Esp. to typical Fox watchers who think the term means GOP is criminalizing politics.

Comment by Brian — October 18, 2005 @ 10:35 am
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They’re just being fair and balanced: since no real reporters are using that phrase, Faux’s faux reporters use it to balance the coverage for our less-than-perceptive citizens on the right.

Comment by Zappatero — October 18, 2005 @ 10:41 am
4.

Criminuhlizashun? we don’t take kindly to your fancy words here mr. fancy tv man!! go back to talking about that lewinsky person!!

Comment by Typical Fox News Viewer — October 18, 2005 @ 10:42 am
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You can spin any topic to your benefit, but by any standard outing covert agents for political gain should be anything but standard operating procedure.

And by the way, they didn’t mention this when they went fishing on Whitewater, couldn’t find anything and decided to try and impeach Bill Clinton for lying about his sexual transgrssions. Now talk about criminalizing politics !!

Comment by Steve Taylor — October 18, 2005 @ 10:44 am
6.

Fox sures knows how to take orders.
My how they mislead.
They may be over-playng their hand this time.
It becomes obvious and even the believers catch on.

Comment by afterthought — October 18, 2005 @ 10:45 am
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OSAMA BIN LADEN IS PLANNING TO KILL YOU — RIGHT NOW! The CIA knew where Bin Laden was and was trying to KILL him. Bush knew too, and he pulled the troops OUT — then he LIED about it! Now the LEADER of the CIA operation to kill Bin Laden is trying to get that story out, and he is being CENSORED! Wasn’t bush’s daddy the Director of the CIA??? Which crony did this bush appoint to this un-important job?!?! WHY DOES BUSH-THE-DRAFT-DODGER HAVE OUR TROOPS TIED UP IN IRAQ AND NOT HUNTING DOWN BIN LADEN — THE TERRORIST WHO ACTUALLY ATTACKED US ON SEPTEMBER 11TH????????????????????????

“Osama was there, we were aware he was there, and we were doing everything in our power to capture, kill him, and destroy his forces,” says Bernsten, who was the leader of a secret CIA paramilitary unit pursuing bin Laden.
http://www.wtopnews.com/ index.php?nid=25&sid=593756

Remember what Bush-the-draft-dodger said!!!!

The president called his opponent’s allegation “the worst kind of Monday-morning quarterbacking.” Bush asserted that U.S. commanders on the ground did not know if bin Laden was at the mountain hideaway along the Afghan border.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8853000/site/newsweek/

(Why the HELL isn’t this news? What the HELL does Iraq have to do with this??? Why the HELL aren’t our troops hunting Osama? OSAMA BIN LADEN IS PLANNING TO KILL YOU — RIGHT NOW! WHY IS HE STILL ALIVE AND OUR TROOPS IN IRAQ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?)

Comment by LiberalRepubliKlanNaziSlayer — October 18, 2005 @ 10:46 am
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To put it in perspective: these are the same people who think black propaganda is “educational.”

Rovewellian!

Comment by Jeff Huber — October 18, 2005 @ 10:47 am
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Gotta go!

http://www.badmash.org/ videos/ videos_flv.php?v=george_bush_512K_Stream

Comment by Brian — October 18, 2005 @ 10:48 am
10.

Fox?…oh that phoney news channel I never watch. “From the nazi brain of rupert murdock to the fox channel.

Comment by wisedup — October 18, 2005 @ 10:51 am

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