Video: Tony Snow, CBS host in testy exchange over fired attorney scandal

David Edwards and Mike SheehanPublished: Thursday March 22, 2007

Harry Smith of CBS News got an earful from White House spokesperson Tony Snow during a testy on-air interview.

Snow, reacting to Smith's questions and comments referring to the fired U.S. attorneys scandal, blamed the CBS host for his "slant."

"Harry," a frustrated Snow said at one point, "you're sounding like a partisan rather than a reporter here."

"I have a transcript from your press briefing yesterday," Smith said to Snow. "Why don't you allow there at least to be a transcript from this conversation you're offering to give to the members of Congress?"

Snow responded, "But you're looking at this through a straw, and I think the American people probably deserve to know what the offer is. And the offer is this: Any shred of information anybody needs is going to be available. And what we don't want is kind of a Perry Mason scene where people are hot-dogging and grandstanding and trying to score political points. If you want the truth, we're going to make the truth possible and everybody's going to be able to find out everything."

Rush transcript follows the video.

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