failed to splash

* walter pincus stumbles across TheMemo story (World>Middle East>Iraq,A18). of course, its all about blair. we get this priceless para: "A spokesman for the British Embassy in Washington said he would not comment on the substance of the document." LINK
journalisming is hard work.

* " But then how is it that (TheMemo) is not being reported in the American mainstream media? How is it that the two organs most responsible for coverage of political developments in this country - the New York Times and the Washington Post - have failed to splash this across their front pages in bold headlines, despite the fact that they clearly know of the story? How, especially, could these two papers sit on a story like this after both recently issued mea culpas for their respective failures to critically cover administration claims of bogus Iraqi threats during the period leading up to the war, thereby contributing to the war themselves?" LINK
this is a good article. go read.