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Press Suppression: Special Topic - "Spitzer's
Media Enablers"
Covering Up "THE BIGGEST LESSON OF ALL"
the Spitzer Fiasco: The Media's Role as "his Enabler"
"The fall of New York Gov. Eliot
Spitzer holds many lessons...
but don't expect the press corps to delve into the biggest lesson of all --
its own role as his enabler."
"SPITZER'S
MEDIA ENABLERS",
by Kimberly A. Strassel, Op-Ed,
The Wall Street Journal, March 12, 2008
click
here for "SPECIAL TOPIC:
SKEWING
& SUBVERTING THE ELECTORAL PROCESS:
PRESS PROTECTIONISM OF NYS ATTORNEY GENERAL
ELIOT SPITZER
[from 1999-onward]
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1.
CJA's March 12, 2008 e-mail to Kim Strassel --
"Subject: BRAVO -- May it be the start of groundbreaking, democracy-invigorating
reporting!"
Wall Street
Journal March 17, 2008 published letters to the editor "The Press Boosted
Spitzer's Power and Career"
2.
CJA's March 14, 2008 e-mail to Robert Tracinski,
Editor/The Intellectual Activist -- "Subject:
The 'real lesson' is the misfeasance of the press, who you have 'let off the
hook'"
copies to
Kim Strassel, & RealClearPolitics.com
"Eliot Spitzer's 'Emperor's Club" by Robert Tracinski, editor, The
Intellectual Activist &TIADaily.com,
March 14, 2008, appearing in RealClearPolitics.com
-- cited
March 13, 2008 New York Times column by Gail Column, "Unwelcome Surprises"
compare:
CJA's October 8, 2002 memo to Gail
Collins/The New York Times
Editorial Board
CULMINATING IN:
SEE:
Suing The New York Times
-- cited
March 13, 2008 New York Post column by Frederic Dicker "I KNEW HE WAS A FRAUD
& A HYPOCRITE FROM THE DAY HE SWAGGERED INTO CAPITOL"
compare:
CJA's October 10, 2002 memo to New York Post Editorial
Board
sent to Fred Dicker by
CJA's
October 14, 2002 e-mail to him --
"Subj: Spitzer's Buddies,
including at the Ethics Commission & US Attorney's Office"
3.
CJA's March 16, 2008 e-mail to Jack Shafer/Slate
Magazine -- "Subject: In defense of
Kimberly Strassel: WHY ARE YOU ASKING 'Did the Press Service Spitzer?'"
copies
to Dahlia Lithwick/Slate, Kim Strassel/Wall Street Journal, Robert Tracinski/Intellectual
Activist,
RealClearPolitics.com
"Did the Press Service Spitzer?" by Jack Shafer, Slate, March 13, 2008
& posted
Slate comments
4.
CJA's March 19, 2008 letter to New York Post
-- "RE: LEARNING THE 'LESSONS' A Reply to John Fasos 'Enabling
Eliots Illusion: Lessons of the 06 NY governor race', New York Post, March
17, 2008"
"Enabling
Eliot's Illusion: Lessons of the '06 NY governor race"
by John Faso, NY Post, March 17, 2008
CJA's JUNE
26, 2006 LETTER TO JOHN FASO
-- "RE: Informing the Voters: Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's
readily-verifiable corruption in office -- covered up by an
election-rigging press" [Certified
Mail/RRR, E-Mail & Fax Receipts]
with copies to New York Times, including
Editorial Page Editor Gail Collins
March 20, 2008 e-mail from NY Post Letters Editor Larisa Danczuk --
"Subject: RE: Reply to John Faso's March 17th Op-Ed "Enabling Eliot's Illusion:
Lessons of the '06 NY governor race"
CJA's March 21, 2008 e-mail (9:19 am) to Letters Editor Danczuk -- "Subject:
Responding -- RE: Reply to John Faso's March 17th Op-Ed 'Enabling Eliot's
Illusion: Lessons of the '06 NY governor race"
March 21, 2008 e-mail (11:31 am) from Letters Editor Danczuk -- "Subject:
RE: Responding -- RE: Reply to John Faso's March 17th Op-Ed 'Enabling Eliot's
Illusion: Lessons of the '06 NY governor race"
CJA's March 21, 2008 e-mail (11:48 am) to Letters Editor Danczuk --
"Subject: "ALMOST DONE! RE: Responding -- RE: Reply to John Faso's March
17th Op-Ed 'Enabling Eliot's Illusion: Lessons of the '06 NY governor race"
CJA's March 21, 2008 e-mail (12:43 pm) to Letters Editor Danczuk --
"Subject: DONE! -- Letter to the Editor 'LEARNING THE 'LESSONS'' -- Reply to
John Faso's March 17th Op-Ed 'Enabling Eliot's Illusion: Lessons of the '06 NY
governor race"
March 21, 2008 e-mail (12:49 pm) from Letters Editor Danczuk -- "Subject:
RE: DONE! -- Letter to the Editor 'LEARNING THE 'LESSONS'' -- Reply to
John Faso's March 17th Op-Ed 'Enabling Eliot's Illusion: Lessons of the '06 NY
governor race"
CJA's March 21, 2008 e-mail (1:01 pm) to Letters Editor Danczuk -- "Subject:
Thanks, but -- RE: DONE! -- Letter to the Editor 'LEARNING THE 'LESSONS''
-- Reply to John Faso's March 17th Op-Ed 'Enabling Eliot's Illusion: Lessons of
the '06 NY governor race"
CJA's March 21, 2008 e-mail (1:57 pm) to Letters Editor Danczuk -- "Subject:
Two minor changes -- Letter to the Editor -- 'LEARNING THE 'LESSONS'"
CJA's March 21, 2008 e-mail (2:04 pm) to Letters Editor Danczuk -- "Subject:
Clarifying the 1st minor change -- Letter to the Editor -- 'LEARNING THE
'LESSONS'"
March 21, 2008 e-mail (2:13 pm) from Letters Editor Danczuk -- "Subject: RE:
Clarifying the 1st minor change -- Letter to the Editor -- 'LEARNING THE
'LESSONS'"
CJA's March 21, 2008 e-mail (2:21 pm) to Letters Editor Danczuk -- "Subject:
:) 'LEARNING THE 'LESSONS'"
BRAVO to New York Post
"Faso's Lament"
CJA's Letter to the Editor, March 23, 2008
5.
CJA's March 24, 2008 e-mail to Strassel, Tracinski, RealClearPolitics.Com,
Shafer, Lithwick -- "Subject: Waiting to hear from you
on the subject of "Spitzer's Media Enablers"
6.
CJA's March 24, 2008 e-mail to New York Post: Greg Birnbaum (Political Editor),
Fredric Dicker & Ken Lovett (Albany Bureau) -- "Subject: GIVING YOU
THE LEAD: NY Post Letter to the Editor, published yesterday, urges media probe
of Spitzer's corruption as Attorney General"
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