Summary
We are indebted to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his man, Sherlock Holmes, for introducing us to the classic clue: The dog that didn't bark. But we are not indebted to the latter-day Washington writers who last Monday introduced us, yet again, to their clueless creation: The press corps that didn't press.
Perhaps you caught the White House press corps in action (see also: press corps inaction) at President Bush's televised news conference. If so, you may have found yourself yelling at your television set. Perhaps, if you are a frustrated liberal, you were yelling at your president out of force of habit. But if you are just a frustrated citizen, it's likely you were yelling, or wanting to yell, at the president's pleasant but passive interrogators.See the full content of this document
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Washington Press Still Failing to Press Bush
JOURNALISTS WHO are embedded at the White House often seem to question the president in ways that appear more self-serving than democracy-serving. Which is why many real people outside the Beltway t...
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