A hero? You've got to be kidding . . .

I don't know what world the media lives in, but it's certainly not mine, not when they can proclaim Mark Felt a hero, and do so with a straight face. Please . . . the man apparently broke as many laws as the Watergate folks, only with one major difference: he was a federal agent, charged with upholding the law, not perverting it for his own gain.

One of the Watergate proscecutors defended Felt on the news yesterday, saying that the then-head of the FBI, L. Patrick Gray, was in cahoots with the White House so Felt had no choice but to illegally pass on information to Woodward and Bernstein. That's pure bullshit. He had plenty of choices, but they would have required him to actually put his job on the line, something which he clearly had no intention of doing.

And I find it frustrating as hell that no one on the CBS or NBC news has bothered to mention that Watergate wasn't the only time Felt got caught illegally leaking information. Nor have they talked about the fact that the man was charged with multiple felonies (unrelated to the felonies he committed wrt Watergate) and was convicted. (Though later pardoned by Reagan.)

Yes, the activities of those involved in Watergate were reprehensible; but most of them were politicians. Who seriously expects honor, decency, morality from them? But Felt was no better. A criminal who breaks the law is one thing. A cop who does it is far worse. And the media tells us this man is a hero?

Not in my book. Rachel9:01 AM