Brendan Nyhan

John Gibson and the WSJ reach a new low

Almost every prominent conservative in Washington, including the President, denounced the leak of Valerie Plame’s identity two years ago. But now that Karl Rove is in trouble, Fox News host John Gibson and the Wall Street Journal are arguing that it is a good thing that Valerie Plame’s identity as a CIA agent was revealed. As Lewis Black said in a very different context, when did that go up for grabs? How far gone are we as a society that this is even an issue? She’s a national security operative in the middle of a global war on terrorism! End of discussion.