there's some pretty good razzing going on over this..
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/02/bob-woodward-throws-an-interception.htmlI know Woodward doesn't like Obama in any way, but to make shit like this up is pretty stupid..
even Fox's Bret Bair is calling bullshit..
"If this is it, I think many reporters — and I covered the White House for four years — received emails like this," Fox News host Bret Baier said on Andrea Tantaros's radio show today. "It was a cordial exchange for the most part, and Sperling is actually apologizing for a heated telephone conversation they had earlier in the day."
“I’m not saying the White House doesn’t pressure reporters all the time and put the heat on reporters covering the White House. I’ve heard many, many stories that they do," Baier continued. "But this particular incident and this particular email, I’m not sure that characterizing it as a threat -- I think Bob Woodward has a little bit of explaining to do about that characterization.”
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/02/consensus-white-house-didnt-threaten-woodward-158172.htmlAndrew Sullivan isn't holding back either..
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/02/andrew-sullivan-woodward-a-liar-158182.htmlThis is what Woodward was claiming was a chilling threat to press freedom! I mean, seriously. What exactly is the threat?... Does this read like a man writing to someone threatening him with anything? He even says: “I for one welcome a little heat.” He describes Sperling’s “threat” as “personal advice” as a friend, which it plainly was. Then he goes whining to CNN and Politico that he is victim of government threats for his reporting. That’s a lie, and Woodward has now been exposed as a liar.
Woodward's been past his prime for a few years now. Now he's become, yes, an attention whore..but this was just lame.. Wolfe should have him back on the sit-room and roast him for this..
