News War

"The battle between the White House and the national media is the battle over who controls the national agenda," says commentator Patrick Buchanan. Mark McKinnon, former media adviser to President George W. Bush, agrees: "The Washington press corps for years thought that unless you talked to The New York Times and CBS, that you weren't talking to the American public. Well, that's just not the case anymore." McKinnon feels that it is a White House ... Full Story »

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Michael Townes Watson
4.3
by Michael Townes Watson - Oct. 1, 2008

The story is well-written and thorough. What it seems to leave out is the perspective that GWB had his way with the media for five years, and that it was not until his policies showed strain and failure that he was seriously questioned. Until then, he was given a free ride, and that is where the system broke down, not as a result of any war with the media.

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