Bob Woodward, a veteran journalist who covered five presidents, told of a growing unhealthy antagonism between the White House and the mainstream media.
If the assessment is accurate, it could mean that the press, after four years of constant bowing to this administration, is finally ready to provide frank coverage after all.
Another reporter who maintains that Team Obama is unwilling to countenance criticism from the media is the very liberal Jonathan Alter. “There is a kind of threatening tone that, from time to time — not all the time — comes out of these guys,” Alter said this week.
Dictators throughout history have insisted on controlling the media. Why would Obama be any different?
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