| Axis of Logic, June 9, 2008 By Gary Wilson |   |
In a just released book, “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception,” McClellan confirms what many have known for some time and what Workers World has reported since before the war on Iraq was launched. There have been other, more detailed accounts about the lies, but none from someone inside the White House.
The reason for McClellan’s book detailing how the White House has repeatedly lied is unknown. He was the official press secretary who put those lies into words. He could be set up to be the fall guy for those crimes, if there were a war crimes hearing. That might be motive enough for writing the book.
The media’s response to the book was at first muted, though the book was available in bookstores for about a week. Then the politico.com Web site gave a summary of the most damning contents and that report spread like wildfire around the Internet.
The New York Times gave more space to reporting on reactions to the book than the book itself. One Times report said that “surprisingly, some prominent journalists have agreed” with McClellan’s assertion that “the national news media” were “complicit enablers” of Bush’s push for war on Iraq. The Times reporter was apparently not surprised by McClellan’s assertion. After all, the New York Times played a key role in promoting the war. The Times reporter was surprised, however, that Katie Couric, anchor of CBS Evening News, and Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News both publicly agreed with McClellan.
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