WHY THERE WILL BE NO LIMBAUGH OF THE BLOGOSPHERE

The GOP Noise Machine is a top-down organization and really has no use for independent writers or the facts. It's a commonplace that wingnuts lie and distort and Fats himself provides a recent example. We've read before that the WH Press Office regularly leaked talking points to the Drudge Report and now Scottie McClellan lets us know the WH also treated FAUX News the same way, via SilentPatriot at Crooks & Liars:

Matthews: “Did you see FOX television as a tool when you were in the White House? As a useful avenue to get your message out?”


McClellan: “I make a distinction between the journalists and the commentators. Certainly there were commentators and other, pundits at FOX News, that were useful to the White House.” […] That was something we at the White House, yes, were doing, getting them talkng points and making sure they knew where we were coming from.

Matthews: “So you were using these commentators as your spokespeople.”

McClellan: “Well, certainly.”