Nice try Karl, but no cigar! The cigars are for those of us who will be smoking them to celebrate your imminent indictment.

May 16, 2006 -- Media manipulation continues under Rove direction. During a time when Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is wrapping up his investigation of Karl Rove in the CIA Leakgate scandal, there has been a flurry of news reports on the case that lack veracity and appear intended to provide a smoke screen similar to the tactics that landed reporters Judith Miller, Matt Cooper, Viveca Novak, Tim Russert, Chris Matthews, and Robert Novak in legal hot water. WMR will not play Mr. Rove's all-too-familiar game. While I cannot speak for my journalist colleagues who have been the latest targets of Rove's special brand of manipulation, this editor will steadfastly refuse to comment on or report on stories that are emanating from sources "close to Rove," which, according to information obtained by WMR, include his spokespeople (White House and personal), legal team, and friendly neo-con journalists. Unlike many journalists in this town, this editor has been on to Rove's schtick since 2001. Texas journalists have been on to his shenanigans even longer. But all that is going to soon catch up with "Bush's brain" in short order.

Nice try Karl, but no cigar! The cigars are for those of us who will be smoking them to celebrate your imminent indictment.

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