Friday, July 29, 2005

Calling Woodward/Bernstein Wannabe's

I've always thought that a lot of people went into journalism following Watergate because of the image of Woodward and Bernstein as tough, crusading reporters who took the scalp of a sitting president.
Well, it helped that there was truth to be discovered, as contrasted with the current Plame-Wilson-Rove hysteria. That's why the Monica Lewinsky story would not go away. Like Watergate, Clinton's denials and attempts to cover up his behavior made it much worse than it had to be.

But there's a fresh scandal that the MSM and enterprising reporters, other than Claudia Rosett, are ignoring. It's call the U.N. Oil-for-Food-Program. It's replete with international bureaucrats caught with their hands in the till, but the crusaders of the left, like the WaPo and NYTimes don't seem to notice.

Why?

And if that doesn't interest them, how about the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club/Air America connection? It involves celebrities, poor kids, government funding and fishy loans. Where are the Mike Isakoffs, Woodward himself, or David Gregory? Here's a curious statement from Air America which begs more questions than it answers:
The funding for Camp Air America was raised and collected entirely by the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club, and Air America promoted the camp on air and urged support for it. A link on our web site sent those interested in contributing to the camp to the Gloria Wise web site. Regrettably, the camp did not survive the closure of the Gloria Wise organization.
So was the "on air" promotion of this club an advertising sale or just sharing funds of a charitable organization with a commercial one. I'm sure most liberals think of Air America as a public service, but I doubt that the IRS would.

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