[bahblahbah]

Did bush rebut him? If not he's just an idiot.

[anniegetyourgun]

And since that has been disproven time and time again, you can be sure that he (and his aides) corrected the record.

[jveritas]

This story is a lie. Who the f*** know what happened in closed doors between President Bush and Putin. How did these liars in Time magazine got all these dramatic details on Putin aggressive questioning of President Bush and the President inability to respond?

Give me a break, President Bush will not allow a guy like Putin to lecture him on freedom of the media in the US.

This story is as fake as a 3 dollar bill.

[Sonny M]

Did bush rebut him? If not he's just an idiot.

This is half the story, later on a reporter mirrored the same statement as Putin, at which point, either Bush or one of his aides explained that the President does not have the authority to fire people in the press.

It may have been Bush himself, since the opening response to the reporter (who is russian media) was "do you think your free"?