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Carl Bernstein's Comment Delusional
RECEIVED Tue., March 27, 2007
Dear Editor,
Last Friday I went to UT to hear one of the forums on Watergate and its repercussions, featuring Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein [Naked City, March 30]. The auditorium was packed, as expected; several interesting points were made; and there was a good discussion of historical events in relation to the present-day circus in Washington. One comment by Carl Bernstein, however, struck me as a bit … shall we say "delusional"? At one point, in discussing the role of the media, he stated that he felt that the media had "done its job" in relation to exposing the misdeeds of the Bush administration.
What planet has he been inhabiting for the past six years? The mainstream media has done a terrible job, swallowing just about everything the administration has spooned out to them, then asking for more. Only over the past few months have they shown some promise of actually growing something that passes for a spine.
Now if we could only get Congress to do the same. The bill that was passed on Friday is a travesty – it doesn't go nearly far enough in bringing the madness in Iraq to an end.
Last Friday I went to UT to hear one of the forums on Watergate and its repercussions, featuring Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein [Naked City, March 30]. The auditorium was packed, as expected; several interesting points were made; and there was a good discussion of historical events in relation to the present-day circus in Washington. One comment by Carl Bernstein, however, struck me as a bit … shall we say "delusional"? At one point, in discussing the role of the media, he stated that he felt that the media had "done its job" in relation to exposing the misdeeds of the Bush administration.
What planet has he been inhabiting for the past six years? The mainstream media has done a terrible job, swallowing just about everything the administration has spooned out to them, then asking for more. Only over the past few months have they shown some promise of actually growing something that passes for a spine.
Now if we could only get Congress to do the same. The bill that was passed on Friday is a travesty – it doesn't go nearly far enough in bringing the madness in Iraq to an end.
Larry Looney