Credibility matters little to Brits, Americans By Helen Thomas

 

John Kerry Reportedly To Present "Downing Street Memo" To Congress

 

AfterDowningStreet.org Co-Founder Steve Cobble
on C-SPAN's Washington Journal on June 4, 2005.

 

Chair of Republican Party Put at a Loss by Downing Street Minutes
(MSNBC, June 5, 2005)

 

Bush Lies Should Get Him Tossed Out (The Capital Times, June 3, 2005)

 

Protest Draws Attention to Memo (St. Petersburgh Times, June 4, 2005)

 

Administration's Offenses Impeachable (Bangor Daily News, Maine, June 3, 2005)

NewsDay   •   WaPo   •   star tribune   •   nbc11.com   •   herald tribune
usatoday   •   Collumbia Journalism Review   •   ny times

World Opinion Roundup: Blair and The Downing Street Memo
by Jefferson Morley
06.07.2005

Waynesburg, Pa.: Why has there been so little said about the Downing Street Memo in the U.S.? This is much worse than Watergate in my book. (Watergate did not kill our military personnel and innocent civilians). Seems some smart reporter somewhere would grab this story and run with it in Woodward/Bernstein fashion.

Jefferson Morley: I think some combination of cynicism, complacency and insulation has stifled the instincts of very good reporters.

I also think there is also a failure of leadership at the senior editorial level. The issues raised by the Downing Street minutes are very serious. To pursue them is to invite confrontation. This means that "beat" reporters cannot realistically pursue the story.

I say all this way of explanation, not rationalization. There are several natural follow up stories to the Downing Street memo that we should be pursuing right now.

John's Letter to the president   •   John's blog   •   Johns' tip line

Stop the Next War Now!
A Lie of Historic Proportions
Teach-In on War Turns to Demand for Truth
From Watergate to Downing Street: Lying for War
Downing Street Memo Could Touch Bolton Confirmation
What's Up With the Downing Street Memo?
Memo to Mainstream Media
White House Declines to Dispute Downing Street Memo
Sore Throat
The Real Lessons of Watergate

Awaken the Main Strem Media   •   Exhibits of corroborating evidence
Ted Kennedy at DailyKOS
tedkennedy.com - dsm   •   petition at tedkennedy.com

Proof Bush Fixed The Facts by Ray McGovern May 04, 2005

Never in our wildest dreams did we think we would see those words in black and white—and beneath a SECRET stamp, no less. For three years now, we in Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) have been saying that the CIA and its British counterpart, MI-6, were ordered by their countries' leaders to "fix facts" to "justify" an unprovoked war on Iraq. More often than not, we have been greeted with stares of incredulity.

Follow the Memo:
Can Redford and Hoffman Play the Entire Blogosphere in the Downing Street Memo Movie?

In his otherwise terrific insider's take on the Deep Throat story, former Washington Post editor and columnist Bob Levey says that the "next Watergate" won't happen without "Big Journalism." I couldn't disagree more. It will happen in spite of Big Journo... and because of the "little journalism" of the blogosphere.