Art Smart
Wow, who would've thought? The usually insufferable Times' Arts section has a fascinating and insightful piece on the demolition of a watchdog media in America by the Bush White House.
"The fundamental right of Americans, through our free press, to penetrate and criticize the workings of our government is under attack as never before," wrote William Safire last month. When an alumnus of the Nixon White House says our free press is being attacked as "never before," you listen.
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