Chicagoist: Novak Cashes in With New Tell-All Book

Tread

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:41:24 -0600

His book could've used the Jon Stewart-coined My Life as the Douchebag of Liberty as a more accurate title. He's a chief representative of everything that's wrong with the Beltway press corps.

guest

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:20:32 -0600

is that so, #18? I'd say #9 and #16 are pretty accurate. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/bio-novak.article "Robert D. Novak was born February 26, 1931 in Joliet, Illinois." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Novak "Novak was born into a Jewish family in Joliet, Illinois." http://www.answers.com/topic/robert-novak "Born: 26 February 1931; Birthplace: Joliet, Illinois" http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0636912/ "Date of Birth: 26 February 1931, Joliet, Illinois, USA"

danatmedog

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:10:08 -0600

It's a shame that he, like Bob Woodward, once again, has held need-to-know information from the public to sell more copies of his book. This is a complete breach of journalistic ethics and I'm surprised more folks aren't calling him out on it.

guest

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:16:01 -0600

The only accurate posts today have been from Laura and #18

guest

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:12:40 -0600

I guess #17 needs to give up on the whole accuracy thing as well, as her first name is LAURA not Lauren. Also, he wasn't from either Peoria or Joliet. On looking at his autobiography, one can see he was hatched deep in the heart of Mordor at Mount Doom, and the only degree he received was from the Witch King of Angmar, the head Nazgul.

guest

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:31:39 -0600

Lauren needs to give up on that whole accuracy thing, I think.

guest

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:41:28 -0600

Was it the same article that said he was from Peoria and not from Joliet? Because he's from Joliet.

thelou137

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:55:56 -0600

Stop being a brat Pantagrapher.

Laura Oppenheimer

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:29:15 -0600

I promise, I'm not normally bad at reading/googling. The Jacob's piece says he was one credit shy. Maybe he was wrong?

guest

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:22:10 -0600

LO - I wish that were true but the internets say otherwise.

Laura Oppenheimer

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:06:52 -0600

#11: He didn't graduate, if that is any solace to you...

guest

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:54:04 -0600

Rocking the orange and blue tie on the cover. Why does the most famous non-sports person showing the love for the U of I also have to be such a douche?

Laura Oppenheimer

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:28:00 -0600

My sense from reading this article (http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/459624,CST-NWS-prince08.article) is that Armitage called him into the office to tell him about Plame. It may just be the way Novak writes it, but because of the timing, Novak's surprise in being granted an interview, and the way he describes Armitage's glee in telling him, my sense from reading the piece is that Armitage called him in specifically to leak the info. I could be reading it incorrectly, though, which I am more than willing to cop to if I am.

guest

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:27:34 -0600

Novak is from Joliet, not Peoria

pantagrapher

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:22:57 -0600

I don't mean to be a pest, but it's still inaccurate. While Armitage reached out to Novak before the op-ed, how could he have done so "regarding Plame's identity," since Armitage claims he uttered that information by accident during the July 8 conversation?

Laura Oppenheimer

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:08:03 -0600

My bad, my bad. I meant to write "reached out", not told. I've corrected to the post.

guest

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:06:24 -0600

How could Armitage tell Novak about Plame on July 8, 2003, but do so "before Josepph Wilson's NYT op-ed," which appeared on July 6, 2003? Republican scientists and their pesky time machines! Grr!

pantagrapher

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:00:35 -0600

The sentence I quoted (from the post above) has it backward. I think you meant after, not before.

Laura Oppenheimer

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:56:29 -0600

Pantagrapher - that is my understanding as well. Did I get something wrong?

pantagrapher

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:51:50 -0600

"Armitage told him Plame's identity before Joseph Wilson's NYT op-ed criticizing the Bush administration." Armitage leaked to Novak on July 8, 2003; Wilson's op-ed ran two days earlier on July 6, 2003.

Laura Oppenheimer

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:47:54 -0600

Novak is.

guest

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:46:14 -0600

who is the Peoria native?