Bush Administration and Media Corruption
Saturday's LA Times has an excellent commentary on Woodward, connecting him to the Bush Administration's unprecedented manipulation of the media and, by extension, the rest of us.
Two things have distinguished this Bush administration's efforts at press manipulation from those that have gone before. One is their sweep and consistency. There has been bribery — as in the egregious case of the wretched Williams. There has been deception — as in the planting of phony news videos. There have been alleged violations of federal laws and regulations — as in Tomlinson's and Rove's efforts to subvert public television. There has been stealth — as in the whispering campaign to discredit Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson.
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