Scoop? - Jack Shafer wonders

Scoop? - Jack Shafer wonders why the press is ignoring the Weekly Standard's scoop on the links between Bin Laden and Hussein:

"Everybody knows how the press loves to herd itself into a snarling pack to chase the story of the day. But less noticed is the press's propensity to half-close its lids, lick its paws, and contemplate its hairballs when confronted with events or revelations that contradict its prejudices.

The press experienced such a tabby moment this week following the publication of Stephen F. Hayes' cover story in the most recent Weekly Standard about alleged links between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. The Hayes piece, which went up on the Web Friday, quotes extensively from a classified Oct. 27, 2003, 16-page memo written by Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas J. Feith at the request of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The committee, which is investigating the administration's prewar intelligence claims, asked Feith to annotate his July 10 testimony, and his now-leaked memo indexes in 50 numbered points what the various alphabet intelligence agencies (CIA, FBI, DIA, NSA) had collected about a Saddam-Osama connection."

As noted in comments yesterday the story is getting some play in the media - but the story hasn't gotten anywhere near the major media.

Read the whole thing, as they say.

(Via Instapundit)

Posted by Mitch at November 19, 2003 07:02 AM