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**beenBinybelia** · 07-13-2008, 10:47 PM

He was a Press Secretary - his job was to keep calm and pass information given to him by the president to the press - that's it. What would you have him do exactly? Become a whistle blower over things that he probably was never informed about? This isn't a case of a Secretary of X openly lying about something, Tony Snow was given information and was supposed to stick to them, not throw in his opinions or do investigative reporting.

How do you know what "lying" is anyway? Just because there's a Times reporter throwing out accusations doesn't mean they're true.

Like I said, he made the best of it, he elaborated on the official statements as much as possible and was consistent in his professionalism. I'm not sure what else goes into evaluation how well a Press Secretary did his/her job.

07-13-2008, 10:47 PM	#9
beenBinybelia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 430 Senior Member	He was a Press Secretary - his job was to keep calm and pass information given to him by the president to the press - that's it. What would you have him do exactly? Become a whistle blower over things that he probably was never informed about? This isn't a case of a Secretary of X openly lying about something, Tony Snow was given information and was supposed to stick to them, not throw in his opinions or do investigative reporting. How do you know what "lying" is anyway? Just because there's a Times reporter throwing out accusations doesn't mean they're true. Like I said, he made the best of it, he elaborated on the official statements as much as possible and was consistent in his professionalism. I'm not sure what else goes into evaluation how well a Press Secretary did his/her job.
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