Nuke Gingrich, then Tim Russert

Glenn Greenwald has a great post today regarding the fear mongering of Newt Gingrich. It goes back quite awhile, and he's still adored by the mainstream press. Sad that the news organizations aren't willing to find more credible commentators, but then they go for the ratings, don't they?

Interesting to read the clip from Chris Matthews about Tim Russert earlier swallowing the Iraq nuclear threat from the Bush administration. A very mild but also somewhat brave comment from Matthews. He can surprise you sometimes.

There's been a lot of tributes lately to Russert, to his journalism, but in my mind, Tim Russert was more interested in maintaining access to key politicians and thus propping up his and MTP's stature than in pursuing the truth. I couldn't stand him during the run up to the Iraq War and afterwards. But of course, he went far too soon.