Reliable Whores

When you want intelligent commentary on story of national importance, who do you call upon? If you're a rightwing whore like Howard Kurtz, you call upon some who "do[esn't] prentend to understand the story."

For the second time this month, Howie the Putz has invited Glenn Reynolds to appear on his CNN program, Reliable Sources. Today, the Putz invited Reynolds to opine on Treasongate.

Here's Reynolds displaying his deep understanding of the story just three months ago:

The Plame story is a strange one. Somebody may or may not have revealed that Valerie Plame, wife of flamboyant Bush critic Joseph Wilson, may or may not have held a covert position with the CIA, which may or may not be a crime. (For lots more background, see this timeline by Tom Maguire.) I don't pretend to understand the story, but I notice that the Times and Time, which were all for a criminal investigation when the affair first started, are now arguing that no crime was ever committed. Since they presumably know the leaker, and the leak, that may well be true.

As the foregoing illustrates, Reynolds admits that he ignorant of both the Plame story (an explicit admission) and the media's coverage of it (an implicit admission).

Why ask someone so proudly ignorant of the facts to opine on Treasongate? Why ask why?

(Transcript link to be added later.)

Update: Transcript link.