On page E1 of today's Los Angeles Times, Elizabeth Jensen reports, "Starting Monday, top-rated Today will devote three mornings to The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty ... According to news reports, among its pages are allegations of drug use by the president when he was younger." (emphasis added) The forthcoming book is authored by trashy author Kitty Kelley.

        Here's a question: How many mornings did the Today show devote to John O'Neill, the co-author of Unfit for Command? According to TheMediaReport.com research: Zero. An August 11, 2004 column by Ann Coulter concluded the same.

        Also, in true pro-Kerry form, the Times story fails to mention that a key "source" in Kelley's book, Sharon Bush, a former sister-in-law of W, has complained that Kelly has lied about her telling Kelly that W used cocaine at Camp David. A Washington Post article (Thursday, 9/9/04) was among others that reported this. The Post quoted Sharon Bush,

"I categorically deny that I ever told Kitty Kelley that George W. Bush used cocaine at Camp David or that I ever saw him use cocaine at Camp David. When Kitty Kelley raised drug use at Camp David, I responded by saying something along the lines of, 'Who would say such a thing?' Although there have been tensions between me and various members of the Bush family, I cannot allow this falsehood to go unchallenged." (emphasis added)

        In other words, Kelley's book has sleaze and filth written all over it. Yet the Today show will devote three mornings to this piece of crud. Ugh.

 

TheMediaReport.com says ... Today is yesterday's news.