Stephanopoulos this morning repeated a lie that the White House has been putting out to the media - a lie the media knows to be a lie. Steph said that the White House denies that Bush was talking about Obama when he talked about Hitler appeasers before the Knesset. I've heard other journalists say the same thing. But the White House confirmed to multiple media sources that Obama is exactly who they meant. Here's John Yang at NBC (video link):
Mr. Bush didn't name any names. Privately, white house officials said the shoe fits the democratic front-runner.
While the president didn't name names, administration officials are privately acknowledging that this was a shot at Barack Obama and other Democrats.
Why didn't Stephanopoulos know that? Why did he repeat the White House CYA line that this wasn't about Obama when the White House has already admitted it was? It's not journalism when you simply repeat their lies.
