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Originally posted by speeder
Actually, you have it exactly backwards. The press has been incredibly, irresponsibly easy on Bush for most of his term. For a long time after 9/11 he was considered off-limits, (a very dangerous thing for any free press), really given a free pass in terms of criticism in the mainstream press.
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Actually Bush has been hammered mercilessly by the press. They spun the invasion was "unilateral", it was not...they spun that Bush lied about WMD, he did not...they spun that Joe Wilson was credible when he lied about Niger's connections to Saddam, he was not...they spun that Valerie Plame was covert, she was not...they spun there were no connections between Saddam and Osama, there were...the media bury the economy, they blame Bush for Katrina, they slander Cheney for accidentally shooting a friend, they paint him as incompetent.
You have it exactly backwards?...Have you heard one interview or grilling of Sandy Berger or Bill Clinton, for stealing documents from the National Archives?...Have you heard the media grill Al Gore for giving a pep rally to fundamentalists in Saudi Arabia?...Have you seen any media coverage of Bill Clinton's connections to Dubai?....Has the media followed up on John Kerry's failed promise to release his form 180?
The media have been falling all over themselves to embarrass and bring down Bush, it has backfired because they are lying and resorting to petty petulant attacks to do it.