Washington: Hiding behind titles
February 28th, 2007 | by Kathy | | Post to NewsCloud »
Analysis of the White House technique of refusing to go on the record, the “senior Administration official” routine. It seems that in nine days of traveling with the Veep on his world trip, the reporters had 18 (18!) minutes with Cheney. From The Swamp, a Chicago Tribune blog. I railed against anonymous sources in the Pelosi story and against unprincipled media manipulation in a followup. Of course, the media _let_ itself be manipulated.
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