John Solomon Era Officially Begins At Washington Times!
February 8, 2008 -- 12:32 PM EST // //
I'd been waiting for the right moment to declare the John Solomon era officially underway at The Washington Times, and thankfully, that moment has arrived with this lead story today:
Hillary still in bed with '96 scandalHillary is "in bed" with a Clinton-era scandal! That must mean that we have another scandal on our hands, right?Nearly one in five "HillRaisers," the elite big-money fundraisers for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, have ties to the 1990s fundraising scandal that tarnished her husband's presidency by offering Democratic donors sleepovers in the Lincoln Bedroom and other perks inside the White House.
Forty-nine of the Clintons' Lincoln Bedroom guests are among the 250 HillRaisers listed on Mrs. Clinton's campaign Web page, who have pledged to gather, or "bundle," at least $100,000 in donations. Some have promised to raise $1 million or more for the 2008 campaign, the most costly in U.S. history.
Well...that's not really clear. The story never says that this is wrong or that it's any more noteworthy than any other campaign's roster of large contributors. Nor is anyone quoted saying this, either. There's some criticism of the original Lincoln Bedroom affair, which sprays the scent of scandal around a bit. But nobody says Hillary should not take money from these people or is even quoted negatively linking the original story to the present in any way.
The piece does, however, make it vaguely sound like some kind of wrongdoing has occurred. And that's the rub. What you're seeing here yet again is Solomon's undeniably impressive skill at taking available facts and arranging them in such a way that they sound like an investigative scoop. This sort of virtuosity is what WaPo public editor Deborah Howell was referring to when she criticized a previous Solomon special as a "gotcha without the gotcha."
Anyway, the Solomon era is officially underway at WashTimes. This blog would have been remiss if it had let this journalistic milestone pass without raising a glass in celebration.
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