Scott McClellan

Former Bush Aide Testifies About C.I.A. Leak

Stevie Converse — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:38:45 -0700

Scott McClellan, President Bush’s former press secretary, told the House Judiciary Committee on Friday that he had been unfairly vilified by Bush supporters for his recent book criticizing former White House colleagues over the Iraq war and their involvement in leaking the identity of an intelligence officer.

McClellan to Testify Before Judiciary Committee

Stevie Converse — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:51:33 -0700

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, whose scathing memoir about his time in the Bush administration sent waves through Washington D.C., has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee, a senior committee official told The Huffington Post.

Battle over McClellan's Criticism of Media on War Rages

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:02:23 -0700

In the wake of the Scott McClellan revelations this week, reporters and TV anchors (past and present) have split on how much to take to heart his criticism of the media for getting "hoodwinked" by President Bush on the run-up to the Iraq war. Katie Couric admitted some failings, while Tom Brokaw admitted none. The debate got even hotter on Friday.

Tower of Babble Rabble

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:52:26 -0700

Former White House Press secretary Scott McClellan is excoriated for stating the obvious.

McClellan and the 'Enablers'

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:54:53 -0700

For all the press attention swirling around Scott McClellan's explosive tell-all, there's a brewing back story that's making Katie Couric and Charles Gibson squirm. And they're not alone.

Was Press a War 'Enabler?' Two Offer a Nod from Inside

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:41:52 -0700

In his new memoir, “What Happened,” Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary, said the national news media neglected their watchdog role in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, calling reporters “complicit enablers” of the Bush administration’s push for war.

Surprisingly, some prominent journalists have agreed.

Wexler Wants McClellan to Testify

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:19:16 -0700

Calling the revelations in Scott McClellan’s book “earth-shattering,” Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) has called on the former White House press secretary to testify under oath before the House Judiciary Committee.

Former Bush Aide Says McClellan Is Getting Ripped for Telling the Truth

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:16:21 -0700

In response to his scathing memoir detailing the "propaganda"-filled run up to war and seedy political machinations behind the CIA leak case, Scott McClellan has received withering criticism from his former colleagues. A money grubbing, attention seeking, devoid-of-principles hack has been the description of choice; "this is not the Scotty we knew," the most popular quote.

In Wake of McClellan Charges: When Bill Moyers Revealed How the Press Bought the War

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:48:58 -0700

Debate continues today over charges by former White House spokesman Scott McClellan, in a new book and on TV, that his former boss "hoodwinked" the media, and the public, into going along with the U.S. attack on Iraq in 2003.

McClellan: White House Wanted Him to Stay Silent

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:35:20 -0700

Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan, speaking out for the first time since publication of his searing memoir, told NBC's "Today" show on Thursday that he erroneously believed what President Bush was saying about the war but now

Reporter Admits to Pro-War Pressure from Network Execs

mthompson — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:04:23 -0700

CNN's Jessica Yellin revealed that news executives at MSNBC actively pushed her not do hard-hitting pieces on the administration during the run up to the war in Iraq.

White House Reporters Not Shocked by McClellan

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:40:00 -0700

Even after Scott McClellan’s publisher released a juicy excerpt from his memoir last November, some of his former combatants in the White House press corps remained skeptical that the longtime Bush loyalist would really open up.

But Newsweek’s White House correspondent Richard Wolffe wasn’t one of them.

Exposing Washington's Spinning Permanent Campaign

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:42:14 -0700

In a White House full of Bush loyalists, none was more loyal than Scott McClellan, the bland press secretary who spread the company line for all the government to follow each day. His word, it turns out, was worthless, his confessional memoir a glimpse into Washington's world of spin and even outright deception.

News of McClellan's Blast at Bush 'Propaganda' Falls 4 Years After 'NYT' Mini-Culpa on War

Stevie Converse — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:31:03 -0700

In a supreme irony, word leaked out about bombshell revelations in the upcoming Scott McClellan memoir – including his unexpected charge that the “liberal media” fell for Bush “propaganda” on the Iraq -- almost exactly four years from the day from The New York Times offered its famous “mini-culpa” on its role in helping to pave the way for war.