Joseph Curl

Joseph Curl is a White House correspondent for the Washington Times. He appears to have replaced the disgraced Jeff Gannon/James Guckert as the Bush White House press confederate called on in news conferences to pose "softball" questions to set up administration talking points.

Selected Curl Washinton Times Article from 2005

• Touted Michael Chertoff after his nomination as Bush's Second pick for Department of Homeland Security Secretary, largely because he had been a vigorous special counsel during the Senate Whitewater hearings, even though the Clinton's were never charged for any act related to Whitewater - "Chertoff tabbed for Homeland Security post", Washington Times, January 12, 2005
• Defended the wartime 2nd Bush Inaurguration price tag of $40 million - "Inaugural price tag in line with history", Washington Times, January 20, 2005
• Aided in the distortions of Safia Taleb al-Suhail - "Iraqi woman, Marine's mom share moment", Washington Times, February 3, 2005
• Atempted to compare GW Bush to Abraham Lincoln - "Bush dedicates Lincoln museum", Washington Times, April 19, 2005
• Minimised a antiwar protest of the faculty and students of the Christian-based Calvin College when Bush delivered the commencement adress - "Bush praises faith-based activism", Washington Times, May 21, 2005
• Helped to further the Bush Administration's attack on Amnesty International's May 2005 Human Rights Report - "Bush dismisses 'absurd' Amnesty report", Washington Times, June 1, 2005
• Tried to give creedence to Bush's tying the Iraq War to 911, "Bush invokes 9/11 in Iraq war", Washington Times, June 29, 2005
• Supported Bush's comparison to the War Upon Iraq to America's War of Independence - "Bush speech touches on history of freedom", Washington Times, July 5, 2005

External links

• Media Matters article
• Bryan Keefer, "Clinton Speaks, Pundits Spin: The Washington Times and the Spread of a Media Myth", Spinsanity, November 19, 2001
• Schema Root's Joseph Curl Page