Ya know, this is why journalists such as Sy Hersh deserve our respect. Once asked why he is continually able to research and write so many stories outlining the bullshit that comes from Washington when other journalists scrape for access in an effort to seem relevant and an “insider” he stated (and I paraphrase) “I don’t accept invitations to their cocktail parties or weekend barbecues. I don’t spend the weekend at their cabins, I’m here to investigate not make pals.”

Contrasted with the likes of Tapper who can’t bend over far enough to be allowed to tweet and blog about their “insideriness”. That tool needs to lose his job, we expect this from FOX and the Washington Times, they are propaganda outlets, but Tapper, posing as an objective journalist just admitted unwillingly that he violated the most basic tenets and ethics of his profession.

Then again, maybe not. He’s certainly not a journalist, but a Beltway stenographer.

Jeff Schneider, a vice president at ABC News, said Tapper was “carrying some water for producers who knew he had a relationship with the governor’s office.”

I assume this should be “whom he knew had…”

Tapper has been around way for anyone to believe he was just a little peon trying to give his boss a nice surprise. Tells you a lot about the culture of ethics at ABC, no?

as someone commented on some other blog, jake was carrying it in his mouth, and it wasn’t water.