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Can nothing spare us from the arrogance of liberal media figures, still parading around as Guardians of the Facts and Solely Anointed Professional Disseminators of the Truth? Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank, in what reads like an early April Fools’ prank, has written an article for the Post’s Sunday "Outlook" section presenting himself as an objective reporter. The headline was "My Bias for Mainstream News." In it, he complains that the "cottage industry" of watchdog groups on the right and left "are devoted almost entirely to attacking the press." The most priceless sentence is this: "Regardless of the merits, the...

Milbank, Dowd Weigh In on Gannon/GuckertBy Greg MitchellPublished: February 17, 2005 11:05 AM ETNEW YORK Washington Post staff writer Dana Milbank, a former White House correspondent, tells a leading blog there remains reason to believe that, contrary to statements from the White House, ex-reporter James “Jeff Gannon” Guckert, may had a "hard" (long-term) press pass rather than a daily pass. Milbank said on Keith Olbermann’s MSNBC show last week that he thought he had seen Guckert/Gannon with a hard pass. Both the disgraced ex-reporter for Talon News and White House press Secretary Scott McClellan have denied this. But Milbank affirmed,...

Good News for the White House: Milbank Is Off the Beat. The Bad News . . . The Bush White House finally got what it has wanted for years: Dana Milbank is off the White House beat for the Washington Post. He always was very skeptical of the White House message. The bad news for the Bushies is that Milbank will be writing a column in the Post’s front section. Prospective title is Off Message. Moving Milbank off the front lines is part of the Post’s strategy for covering the second Bush term. The Post is changing its entire team...

Three images tell the story of George W. Bush’s presidency. The first, of Bush and bullhorn atop the rubble at New York’s Ground Zero on Sept. 14, 2001, came to symbolize his transformation into a powerful wartime president. The second, of Bush in flight suit with “Mission Accomplished” banner aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, became the symbol of Bush’s unrealized optimism about the U.S. military’s victory in Iraq. Yesterday, Nov. 27, 2003, brought an equally vivid but more complex image of Bush."... while the troops cheered the moment, it is too soon to know whether the...

Bush Disavows Hussein-Sept. 11 LinkAdministration Has Been Vague on Issue, but President Says No Evidence Found By Dana MilbankWashington Post Staff WriterThursday, September 18, 2003; Page A18 President Bush said there has been no evidence that Iraq's Saddam Hussein was involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, disavowing a link that had been hinted at previously by his administration."No, we've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th," the president said yesterday after a meeting at the White House with lawmakers.In stating that position, Bush clarified an issue that has long been left vague by...