Top Reporters Respond to Press Critics

Editor & Publisher | Jul. 2, 2006 (Special Report)

NEW YORK A classic discussion, sometimes debate, on press freedom transpired on Sunday's "Meet the Press," with Andrea Mitchell pinch-hosting for Tim Russert.

One lengthy segment featured Dana Priest of The Washington Post, John Harwood of the Wall Street Journal, William Safire, formerly of The New York Times (and the Nixon administration), and Bill Bennett, the former Reagan official and arch-critic of the press for printing stories about secret ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Rod Amis - Jul 3, 2006 - 2:10 PM PDT
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 by Rod Amis - Oct. 1, 2008

This report by Editor and Publisher is basically a transcript of a "Meet the Press" segment. That's its basic weakness. It is not straight reporting and only provides its perspective in a brief introduction.

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