Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan's editor Pete Osnos steps to his author's defense on Editor&Publisher today, accusing the media of misinterpreting the excerpt of McClellan's book in PublicAffairs' spring catalog. The snippet, widely publicized last week, seems to accuse high-ranking administration officials, including the president, with direct involvement in the Valerie Plame scandal. But what was amazing about the response was that it became a huge story before anyone pursued its context, grumbles Osnos. If the frenzied vituperative media had peeped said context ...

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