Obama offered Blagojevich nothing but thanks
I just did a google news search on Obama and the Blagojevich trial. I quickly found half a dozen articles suggesting improper action or negative "involvement" by Barack Obama in the appointment of his US Senate seat. News coverage from the start has included speculative statements about Obama's role.
So I was interested to see today's State Journal-Register story about FBI tapes showing that Blagojevich was angry after receiving an offer of nothing but gratitude from Obama.
I'm sure all the news outlets that spent months making insinuations about Obama and Blagojevich will run this as a top headline to clear up any confusion they caused. Right? I'll be on the lookout. Maybe they'll run it next to their apologies for piling on the take-down of ACORN without checking out the story first.
In particular, I'm sure we can expect Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and the rest of the hate-radio hosts to make sure their listeners are all aware of this story after months of making unsupported accusations against Obama. That would be the "fair and balanced" thing to do after all.