The Leak Game
Joseph Knippenberg has some interesting observations about the Libby affair over at No Left Turns:
First, any decent defense attorney is going to work pretty hard to impeach the reporters as witnesses, which means putting their careers under a microscope. It’s hard to imagine anyone emerging from such scrutiny unscathed. And it’s hard to imagine these three (Tim Russert, Matthew Cooper, and Judith Miller) not serving as stand-ins for their respective news media (television, news magazines, and newspapers), at least in the public mind (to the extent, of course, that anyone pays attention to this).
Second, once these three testify against Libby, any source is going to think twice about promises of confidentiality and about speaking to journalists in anything other than the most bland and innocuous manner.
It will be surprising if Libby doesn't plead out, thereby saving the media and other administration officials a big fight over journalistic and executive privilege. That's really too bad, because exposing the game of media and pols when it comes to this sort of leaking would be great fun to watch, and would further damage what little credibility mainstream media retains.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/31/05 22:12 | Media Matters | Technorati
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