'Disillusioned' McClellan Defends Memoir - The Diigo Meta page

• 30 May 08
  

  NC
  • "a not-very-interesting, typical press secretary book."
  • But somewhere between proposal and publication, as McClellan told it yesterday, the scales dropped from his eyes, leading him to write a book that accuses his former boss, President Bush, and his senior aides of abandoning "candor and honesty" to wage a "political propaganda campaign" that led the nation into an "unnecessary war."

  • McClellan said that he started focusing on writing the book about a year ago and that the work was especially intense over the past several months as the publishing date approached.

    Osnos said McClellan just needed editorial guidance to tell the story he wanted to tell all along.
  • "First we had to ascertain what kind of book he wanted to write," said Osnos, a former Washington Post reporter and editor. "We are journalists, independent-minded publishers. We weren't interested in a book that was just a defense of the Bush administration. It had to pass our test of independence, integrity and candor."

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• 29 May 08
  

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