Posted on 02/21/2006 4:54:53 AM PST by Quilla
It wasn't so much that the press corps sided with Bush after 9-11, as they decided it was a good time to lie low. Nonetheless, the refusal of some to wear flag pins or assign right and wrong (to this day, many MSM stalwarts insist in calling terrorists "freedom fighters" or "insurgents") shows where they stand.
I agree with you. This damaged the press more than it did anything to the administration as evidenced by the numbers cited by Time which actually show that the Vice President is an asset to the administration and that his numbers are close to the President's. Not to mention that most of those who were interviewed found that this had no bearing on their view of the Vice President.
This article is more about Pat Buchanan enjoying the distress of David Gregory but not admitting that he's also out of sorts as the WH rightly ignores him.
If you're apologizing, you're not winning.
Gregory apologized.
Fu_k the White House Press Corps... fu_k the MSM... they will ALWAYS work to destroy a Republican administration.
Cheney made them play HIS game... and they came off as the DNC-compromized, nanny-state socialists they really are. Give'm it to'em again and again til their 'friggin heads spin off!
Why does Pat think that the MSM, with its failing readership and falling stock prices, is still the nation's gatekeeper for all the nation's news?
And why does he think that the MSM is "the most formidable ally" of a political party that has resigned itself to minority status?
Pat is still thinking of the glory days when newsprint was bought by the mega-barrel and computers didn't exist.
Been outta town for a few days - any links to the Gregory apology?
THAT I want to savor/enjoy/gloat over.
Thanks.
Here's a better description of the events and the timing.
I think Buchanan gives the White House Press Corps & MSM too much credit. I think the American people saw right through this story from the beginning. The MSM is becoming a caricature of itself, they're the boy who cried "wolf". Everything, and I mean everything, is a scandal. The more they scream, the more ridiculous and insignificant they become.
Excellent information...thanks, TJ.
So, I suppose when the press made up a fake document to nail the Prez with before his election they weren't in rabid Nixonian mode? How about Abu Grabib? Katrina? Numerous other examples?
I'd love to know how the press damaged the admin. It's conventional beltway wisdom, which means it's wrong. The only possible way what the pressers could be said to hurt the admin even short term, was if you call not having his health care accounts on front page last week. Okay, I'll give that, but in return we didn't have more national secrets leaked. I'll take that return.
The man that wants Bush impeached warning the admin to watch it's back because the press wants him impeached. How hilarious. The ONLY reason Pat is come out somewhat in favor of the admin, is because Nixon's name was invoked and Pat reflexively remembers the old days when he actually targeted the real enemies. he will always defend Nixon, to which is a credit most of the time since most of the time the slaps at Nixon aren't entirely deserved, but this piece is a result of his sensibilities being offended that the pressers went after his Prez (Nixon) again.
Thanks, Sam.
pat is pretty much still in tune with most conservatives as long as the topic does not involve israel and/or the middle east.
the american people voted for gore, at least half of them. very close to half voted for kerry.
you give the american people as a group credit for too much intelligence and, for that matter, detailed interest in the topic.
Hey Pat always gets it right. That's why opponents can't refute his truth. They just smear his name.
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