DeLay criticizes Washington Post over recent coverage

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R) came out swinging today, in a press conference devoted to smashing recent allegations and insinuations contained in a Washington Post column (picked up by the Chronicle here), and referenced in subsequent Post and Chronicle columns that then reported unsourced gossip about the allegations.

Chris Elam has posted notable excerpts from the transcript of the briefing, as well as links to coverage of the press conference.

DeLay also criticized a Thursday Washington Post story about travel sponsored by the Korea-U.S. Exchange Council that focused on DeLay even though a number of other members of Congress and/or staffers also saw travel sponsored by the group (including a staffer of Nancy Pelosi, a Democratic leader) and seemed unaware of any controversy over it. National Review Online posted more on that topic today.

The House Majority Leader may well have his faults, but the national and local mainstream media need to treat these latest "scandals" with more responsibility than we've seen in recent days.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/15/05 10:10 PM | Print | Comments (0)

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