Newsweek still kind of clueless on DeLay-Earle

The first three pages of its Oct. 10 “Exterminator” story on Tom DeLay are pretty decent, but page 4 pretty much veers into cluelessness.

Eleanor, “Gee, I’m Swellinor” Clift et al seem to think that Earle begged to have “The Big Buy” filmed, whereas in actuality, he had to be begged by Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck to let filming go on.

Add in the fact that nobody from Earle’s staff, nor from the grand jury, was quoted, and while not as one-sided as it could have been, it is still somewhat that way.

Even worse, beyond the “sidedness,” it is clearly written from an inside-the-Beltway perspective. That’s why it lacks quotes from Earle’s staff or grand jury — it would be too much fricking work to venture outside Washington, either mentally or physically

Update: I originally typoed the title as Newsweek still kid of clueless ...," which actually made sense as written.