Looks like he's gonna love them with his fist...
In a sign that the disturbingly disfunctional relationship between the Bush White House and the media may be starting to crank (and hopefully the media will pull a Farah Fawcett, Burning Bed moment), Tony Snow slaped aroundThe New York Times, USA Today and CBS News. The shocking part is that they sort of slapped back.
It's not much, but it's something.
Of course, it would have been better if Axelrod said something like, "It is ludicrous for a Press Secretary to send out memos of a combative and critical nature before he has even held his first press conference. Furthermore, it is shockingly appalling that this secretary would think they have the power to control or even suggest what the journalistic institutions of this country print or cover. As members of a free media, we serve an important role as a watch dog on governmental operations and ensure that an administration does not run out of control and become a threat to not only the country itself, but the world at large. Our journalistic integrity demands that we continue to publish the truth and if Mr. Snow would rather we publish happy shiny facts then we suggest his administration starts producing more of them and less scandal, deceit and bad policy."
Axelrod might have gotten all the way to "journalistic integrity" before he burst out laughing and said, "No, no, I'm just kidding, Tony, please don't kick us out of the White House Press Slops Trough. Please! I'll blow you for coverage!"
Addition: Looks like Snow's not only mean, but an idiot.
So, after a week of bitching out the papers, Snow admits he's, "the new kid on the block," and he's, "not fully briefed on the issue." So he turns it over to Dana Perino, who hits like a girl, so he takes it back with the attitude that talking points read in a loud, aggressive voice are much more satisfactory than real answers.
Don't worry, Tony. I'm sure no one will ask you any questions that are too hard for you to give a bright rosy answer to at your first offical press briefing on Monday. After all, in any abusive relationship, there are two people involved.
It's not much, but it's something.
Of course, it would have been better if Axelrod said something like, "It is ludicrous for a Press Secretary to send out memos of a combative and critical nature before he has even held his first press conference. Furthermore, it is shockingly appalling that this secretary would think they have the power to control or even suggest what the journalistic institutions of this country print or cover. As members of a free media, we serve an important role as a watch dog on governmental operations and ensure that an administration does not run out of control and become a threat to not only the country itself, but the world at large. Our journalistic integrity demands that we continue to publish the truth and if Mr. Snow would rather we publish happy shiny facts then we suggest his administration starts producing more of them and less scandal, deceit and bad policy."
Axelrod might have gotten all the way to "journalistic integrity" before he burst out laughing and said, "No, no, I'm just kidding, Tony, please don't kick us out of the White House Press Slops Trough. Please! I'll blow you for coverage!"
Addition: Looks like Snow's not only mean, but an idiot.
So, after a week of bitching out the papers, Snow admits he's, "the new kid on the block," and he's, "not fully briefed on the issue." So he turns it over to Dana Perino, who hits like a girl, so he takes it back with the attitude that talking points read in a loud, aggressive voice are much more satisfactory than real answers.
Don't worry, Tony. I'm sure no one will ask you any questions that are too hard for you to give a bright rosy answer to at your first offical press briefing on Monday. After all, in any abusive relationship, there are two people involved.
posted by QuakerJono | 11:13 AM
1 Comments:
When I saw 'Good Night and Good Luck', I nearly cried at the thought of how far our news media have fallen.
It's gone on so long that I suspect there a lack of the passing of the traditions of the "old guard" to the next generation.
B.
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