I was just listening to the Podcast of the Diane Rehm Show’s Friday Round-Up (real media file here) and I heard one of the three press ‘pundits’ (Eamon Javers, Eleanor Clift, and Stephen Hayes) defending the shoddy and fearful work of the White House press corps leading up to the war. Scott McClellan wrote a book in which he accuses the White House press corps of being too soft on the White House.
Now, these guys in the press corps are indignant. I heard NBC’s David Gregory defending himself and his colleagues earlier. Eamon Javers of Politico was incredulous. I find his defense laughable. These two men seem to want to defend the press’ honor. Eleanor Clift comes across as reasonable and logical.
These people abandoned their duty as objective, unbiased, principled seekers of the truth. They were co-opted by the White House and the culture of fear that spread in the U.S. after 9-11. They are a shameful group who have no credibility. This is one reason, many of us do not get our reporting from America’s mainstream media. I will stick with the web, British, Spanish, and German media. Thank you, very much.
Related posts
Print This Post
