Politico Sucks Up to Dick Cheney with No Afghanistan Follow Up, Wins BuzzFlash's Media Putz Award
BUZZFLASH MEDIA PUTZ OF THE WEEK

Politico
For reporting that is an embarrassment to the profession of journalism, and for being beholden to corporate paymasters rather than the citizens of America.
When Dick Cheney was in the role of vice president, the MSM treated him as if the boss called them on the carpet, showing massive amounts of undue reverence.
Even though Cheney is out of power, the MSM still showers him with respect shown for few politicians, and no Democratic ones.
Within this climate, Politico's Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei managed to shine in their reluctance to exhibit any sense of journalistic curiosity when talking with Cheney.
The timing of the interview centered around two current news stories: the release of the Senate report that essentially says we let Osama bin Laden through our grasp at Tora Bora, and the impending President Obama speech on the Afghanistan war.
We're told the interview with Cheney lasted 90 minutes, yet the Senate report never came up. Or if it did, the response never made it into the interview.
Strike One.
Well, there was this passage from the interview:
But Cheney rejected any suggestion that Obama had to decide on a new strategy for Afghanistan because the one employed by the previous administration failed.
Cheney was asked if he thinks the Bush administration bears any responsibility for the disintegration of Afghanistan because of the attention and resources that were diverted to Iraq. “I basically don’t,” he replied without elaborating.
So Cheney gives a three-word quip to what would seem a vital question, and there is no follow-up. As the great philosopher/tennis player John McEnroe once noted, "You can not be serious."
In the 1101-word article, there is very little sense of an interview and more of a olé press conference -- where Cheney is the bull and the reporters stand back and hold up a red cape of passiveness.
There are two points late in the article when you get the sense that Allen and VandeHei might have asked a question. Not a tough question, but even the semblance of a question.
What were the two "radical" steps undertaken by Allen and VandeHei against this powerful figure. The questions looked like they were, "What do you think about Sarah Palin?" and "Would you run for president in 2012?"
Such hard-hitting questions.
We know all too well Cheney's sense of cowardice, from his deferments during the Vietnam War to his undisclosed location syndrome. The bully in the room -- Cheney – usually turns out to be the big coward. Not that Politico will ever find out whether this is true.
The sad part of this interview is that we have come to expect this brand of journalism from Politico: a bunch of insiders wanting to suck up to the powerful (unless they're Democrats) and not rock the boat on society in the whole.
As emptywheel of FireDogLake.com notes, there is an eerie coincidence between Politico's John Harris and Dick Cheney on Obama and exceptionalism.
Politico reporters Mike Allen and Glenn Thrush have individually won the Media Putz award. But this week's winner is a team award. For displaying selective timidity when it comes to asking questions of the power structure in Washington, we award Politico the Media Putz of the Week award.
You can see a list of all previous winners here.
BUZZFLASH MEDIA PUTZ OF THE WEEK
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Cheney, a coward and craven misanthrope, is a war criminal no different than Goebbels, Heynrich, et. al. He must be tried, convicted and executed as such to prove to the world that America actually believes in itself.
BALANCE BIAS and RE-DIRECTION!
Isn’t balance what we really want: in our family & National budget; in our diets & thermostat setting; in our expenses, bank accounts, & relationships. Most Republicans are more balanced than their biased GOP leadership and Sarah Palin’s Party pooping invasion of Conservatism. Most Democrats are more decisive and balanced in their family decisions than their Congressional representation is proving to be in HEALTH CARE Reform and most Independents are looking for a balanced alternative to the zealots on the RIGHT and the dreamers on the LEFT.
However, fanning the biased flames of the “hearts & minds” of Conservatives to redirect the focus of “We the People,” doesn’t stop with Michelle Malkin's hot air campaign spewing the GOP line. While masquerading as a “House of God,” “Good Old Boys Club:” C Street House is still managing to deflect our undivided attention from its deceptive operations in the Dark Shadows of political "money changers."
Even so, C Street House may not be the ultimate model for protecting political hypocrites looking for greener palms from Doug Coe, whose current investment bets on Congressional Conservatives to preserve the statu$ quo of Health Insurers. Yet even C Street House mustn’t be allowed to re-direct our National balance away from C O G.
If you think Dick Cheney, Halliburton and the new & improved Z Blackwater are safely behind us, try researching Eisenhower’s well intentioned Cold War invention: “Continuing Operation of Government.” It was meant to make certain that in the event of a nuclear attack from the Soviet Union, heads of government would have a highly protected (& secret) place from which to run the country in the aftermath of catastrophic disaster. It seemed like a good idea at the time, created by a WWII heroic General golf player. However, even the narrow world view of the Nixon & Reagan Administrations, couldn’t foreshadow how after 9/11, demons from the dark side would transform C O G into a protected haven for ultra Reactionaries committed to financial world domination.
So if you’re still wondering why the powers that pull the strings of Conservative puppets, allow Sarah Palin to wink embarrassment all over the Red, White & Blue, wake up. Perhaps Sister Sarah is the witless distraction redirecting us from a world-wide player in utility industries which, operating as a self-serving boomerang, provides a lot more than engineering services: The One, but not only Chas. T. Main and their full circle program of gold digging for Green.
Yes, Big Dick and his Main/Z crowds are still “RIGHT” behind us in the shadows of secrets and lies. So it’s reasonable to re-direct your focus and Watch Your Back America. Although kept in the dark, we are not alone!
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I Wonder If Mike Allen and Jim VandeHel...
will respond on my "congratulatory note" I sent them on achieving this week's "Media PUTZ Award"?
Liberal Media? What Liberal Media?