Robert Novak Was a Liar

Consortium News by Robert Parry | Aug. 20, 2009 (Special Report)

Washington’s punditocracy is in mourning over the death of right-wing columnist Robert Novak, with many warm remembrances about his outsized personality and his supposed love of reporting. But Novak often served as a dishonest propagandist and would have been condemned in a healthy journalistic world. Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 21, 2009

Novak's treasonous lies in reports on the Valerie Plame outing are outed by Parry, to counter the right wing deification or their pundit. The WaPo gets negative credit for featuring him and quoting his lies.

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