California Paper Reprints Liz Cheney Op-Ed, Tells Readers She's Veep's Daughter
April 16, 2007 -- 10:29 AM EST // //

One final postscript on the whole Fred Hiatt-Liz Cheney thing, then it's on to other stuff (swear!).

The Sacramento Bee reprinted Ms. Cheney's Washington Post Op-ed bashing Nancy Pelosi the other day. For some reason, this little paper was able to figure out what the Post couldn't -- that the readers of a piece attacking Veep Dick Cheney's principal political antagonist right now -- Pelosi -- deserved to know that the author of that piece is the Veep's daughter.

Here's how the Sac Bee identified Ms. Cheney:

Liz Cheney, daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, was deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs from 2002 through 2003 and principal deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs from 2005 to 2006. She wrote this article for the Washington Post.

Nothing to it, really. And in the process, the Bee's opinion page shows it has more integrity than the mighty opinion page of The Washington Post. Special thanks to TPM Reader Jim for sending this in.

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