Soros Spins the Spineless: Mendacious McClellan

I never understood the McClellan appointment. He seemed small in both competence and stature. I thought he was a troll. I was right. Yes, Ari Fleischer’s shoes were enormously large but shouldn’t his replacement have had ………………. feet?

Recent reports have exposed the black hand of Soros in the shaping of McClellan’s fallacious screed. Read: Soros Publisher ‘Shaped’ McClellan’s Hit Job: Other publishers don’t recognize it as the same book (William Tate, American Thinker) and more here.

Well, check out the book proposal that was shopped around before the no neck two face caved to the paymaster of the  leftist media cartel. Evil doer Soros strikes again.

McClellan Originally Wanted to Attack Media, Defend
Bush

Although today his book is being touted by left-wing reporters and
pundits, his initial plans for the project show former White House press
secretary Scott McClellan intended to take a much different approach, one that
was more sympathetic to President Bush but also quite hard on the "liberal
elites" of the Washington press corps and their "hostility" toward the
administration.

Reading through McClellan’s original book proposal, obtained by Politico.com,
it is clear that before his editor Peter
Osnos took the book on a sharp leftward turn, McClellan wanted to turn the
tables on foes in the press gallery including far-left columnist Helen Thomas
and NBC correspondent David Gregory.

"I came to know and respect those who were assigned to the White House beat.
They are solid professionals, but rarely scrutinized or put under the
microscope. I will take a look at notable personalities in the White House
Briefing Room, including David Gregory and Helen Thomas. I anticipate an entire
chapter about the former," McClellan writes in his proposal.

According to McClellan, America’s elite journalists have a dramatic
problem with political diversity which in turn leads them to skew the
political debate in a leftward direction. The media are in a "constant state
of denial" when it comes to admitting this.

I will look at what is behind the media hostility toward the President and
his Administration, and how much of it is rooted in a liberal bias.

The
public holds the national media in low esteem. I think there are several reasons
why, and I intend to write about them in some detail while discussing ways the
media could improve their image. It is more than just the perceived arrogance,
cynicism, gotcha-journalism, and lack of accountability. The establishment media
does not tend to reflect Main Street America, or spend enough time focusing on
the issues that matter most to the general public, and too often sacrifice
substance for process. They tend to reflect the liberal elites of New York and
Washington that are part of the social circles in which they run, and it shows
in their reporting. Yet, they live in a constant state of denial when it comes
to acknowledging such an obvious fact.

Fairness is defined by the
establishment media within the left-of-center boundaries they set. They defend
their reporting as fair because both sides are covered. But, how fair can it be
when it is within the context of the liberal slant of the reporting? And, while
the reporting of the establishment media may be based on true statements and
facts, is it an accurate picture of what is really happening?

The fact that McClellan’s revised, Bush-bashing book is being so heavily
promoted by the top media outlets is a testament to the veracity of McClellan’s
original thesis.

A larger excerpt of the McClellan proposal (full
text here):

There have been a number of books written about him, including many more
recent ones that portray him in a very negative light.

This book is going
to take a much different look at our Nation’s 43rd President. While being
supportive of the President, I want to give readers a candid look into who
George W. Bush is, what he believes, why he believes it so strongly, and what
drives him.

I want to give readers a sense of what Bush is like outside
of the public view — in meetings with world leaders, Members of Congress, his
Cabinet, key constituents, families of the fallen, wounded soldiers, and key
staff.

It will be an insider’s account of his behind-the-scenes persona,
including his decision-making style, his personal discipline, his composure
under fire, and his sense of humor.

And, I will directly address myths
that have been associated with him, some deliberately perpetuated by activist
liberals and some created by the media, and look at the reality behind those
myths. […]

As I assumed my duties as White House Press Secretary, the
contentious atmosphere between the media and the White House was only growing.
At the time, it was becoming clear that no weapons of mass destruction would be
found in Iraq, and the press was under some fire from the left for not pressing
the White House hard enough on our claims in the lead-up to the war.
Furthermore, we had just acknowledged that it was a mistake for the President to
cite in his State of the Union Address that Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger,
a key claim used to justify that Saddam Hussein was pursuing nuclear
weapons.

With a press corps that was more emboldened than ever to take on
the White House and a tough reelection looming in the year ahead, I knew we were
entering a challenging period in the media. But, I had developed good relations
with White House reporters over a seven year period, going back to the 2000
election when I served as traveling press secretary and followed by two and a
half years as Deputy White House Press Secretary. I had earned the trust of
those who covered the White House, and I knew that would be helpful in the days
ahead. […]

The experience of working with the White House Press Corps
provided me valuable insight into the national media. I want to share with
readers what I learned about how the press covers the President, breaks stories,
and reports the news.

As I write about my perceptions of the national
media, I do not intend to pull any punches. The best way to give readers a
better understanding of the press is to critically analyze who they are, how
they view their role, and how they report the news.

I came to know and
respect those who were assigned to the White House beat. They are solid
professionals, but rarely scrutinized or put under the microscope. I will take a
look at notable personalities in the White House Briefing Room, including David
Gregory and Helen Thomas. I anticipate an entire chapter about the
former.

And, I will look at what is behind the media hostility toward the
President and his Administration, and how much of it is rooted in a liberal
bias.

The public holds the national media in low esteem. I think there
are several reasons why, and I intend to write about them in some detail while
discussing ways the media could improve their image. It is more than just the
perceived arrogance, cynicism, gotcha-journalism, and lack of accountability.
The establishment media does not tend to reflect Main Street America, or spend
enough time focusing on the issues that matter most to the general public, and
too often sacrifice substance for process. They tend to reflect the liberal
elites of New York and Washington that are part of the social circles in which
they run, and it shows in their reporting. Yet, they live in a constant state of
denial when it comes to acknowledging such an obvious fact.

Fairness is
defined by the establishment media within the left-of-center boundaries they
set. They defend their reporting as fair because both sides are covered. But,
how fair can it be when it is within the context of the liberal slant of the
reporting? And, while the reporting of the establishment media may be based on
true statements and facts, is it an accurate picture of what is really
happening? And, how much influence do the New York Times and Washington Post
have in shaping the coverage? And, why does the media do such a poor job of
holding itself to account, or acknowledging their own mistakes?

In
addition to covering the above issues and questions, I will get into the
influence of activist liberal reporters, like Keith Olbermann, Nation editor
David Corn, and Washington Post blogger Dan Froomkin, and activist liberal media
personalities, like Cindy Sheehan, Michael Moore, Al Franken, Bill Maher, and
Arianna Huffington.

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