Tortuous Logic in Gonzales Coverage

Dan Froomkin asks, "What's the most important thing about White House counsel [and attorney general nominee] Alberto R. Gonzales? ... That he would be the first Hispanic attorney general? That he has been a longtime and deeply loyal friend to the president? That he championed legal arguments that some critics say laid the groundwork for the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison?" While "all three are mentioned in pretty much all of today's major media coverage," only four of 12 outlets highlighted Gonzales' role shaping the "controversial legal strategy in the war on terror." Froomkin wonders, "Is the whole 'torture memo' issue just too complicated?"