No news is good news: how Bush gets a free ride--again and again and again. (Media).
American Prospect, The, May, 2003 by Jones, Mary Lynn F.
IN MID-MARCH, WASHINGTON POST REporter Jonathan Weisman made a startling confession on media columnist Jim Romenesko's Web site. Weisman acknowledged that he changed a quote in a story about R. Glenn Hubbard, President Bush's departing economic adviser, after receiving pressure from the White House. He admitted that the switch violated journalistic ethics, but he also said reporters need to "reconsider the way we cover the White House."
Few journalists seem likely to heed Weisman's call, however. After eight years of bludgeoning the Clinton White House, reporters have ...
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