Well, apparently that kind of creative editing now passes for mainstream journalism. Wednesday Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity reported to their dismay and mine that former special prosecutor Kenneth Starr said this about Republican attempts to circumvent judicial filibusters in an interview on Tuesday's CBS Evening News:
This is a radical, radical departure from our history and from our traditions, and it amounts to an assault on the judicial branch of government. It may prove to have the kind of long term boomerang effect, damage on the institution of the Senate that thoughtful senators may come to regret.Then yesterday Limbaugh reported that CBS had actually pulled the same stunt I did—they edited Starr's comment to make it appear that he was criticizing the nuclear/consitutional option, when he was really criticizing the Democratic strategy of filibustering judicial nominees.
For more on Limbaugh's documentation, click here. As of yesterday afternoon, Hannity was anticipating an interview with Starr on today's show.
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