A Google News search for the term “William Timmons” yields trusty progressive publications like Think Progress, OpEd News, TPM, AlterNet and Democracy Now!, but days after it appeared at Huffington Post (10/14/08), no “mainstream” U.S. outlet has picked up the intrepid Murray Waas‘ new exposé on how
Timmons, the Washington lobbyist who John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team, aided an influence effort on behalf of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to ease international sanctions against his regime.
The two lobbyists who Timmons worked closely with over a five year period on the lobbying campaign later either pleaded guilty to or were convicted of federal criminal charges that they had acted as unregistered agents of Saddam Hussein’s government.
Kind of makes the whole Barack Obama/Bill Ayers thing seem even more silly, doesn’t it?
I have been fixated on this story for days; have sent numerous e-mails to newspapers and networks as I’m sure other readers of the Huffington Post article did also. Why is this not front page news? Not a rhetorical question – if anyone can explain the astounding absence of media coverage, please help.
Lisa, not to be flippant, but why do you think they’re called the “corpress” (well, at least by me)?
They’re not “craven” or “incompetent”, or “easily fooled” … they’re complicit.
It’s not a matter of not doing their job … it’s one of their doing it quite well.
Are we talking Pravda here? No … but where do their interests lie: in informing the public, or in protecting a system they profit from handsomely from any severe damage?
The two are antithetical to each other, aren’t they?
I think that’s the short answer to your question … what do you think?