I was reading a very good post by Rob at SayAnything and something occurred to me. When did cover-up come to mean what it does today? It used to be an active process. Nixon helped cover-up Watergate. They erased tapes, destroyed records, smuggled documents out of the National Archives in their pants. Somebody actively covered-up. The new definition seems a little more… shall I say liberal?

Good Morning America (GMA) Floats Cheney Cover-Up So now a cover-up is not notifying the press that something has happened. As far as I can tell, Mr. Cheney did nothing to cover-up anything. Someone was accidentally hit with bird-shot. He received prompt medical attention, and is doing fine. Within 24 hours the property owner made a public statement about the event. Where is the cover-up again?

What I really want to know is, how do I get on this “Must be Notified” list. My blogging would be much easier if I never had to research anything and news stories were just phoned in my the participants. Maybe we should all call GMA and let them know what embarrasing things we’ve done recently. I’d hate to be guilty of covering something up, and the public has a right to know.