Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 2
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The Media Today
[Read the article: The unresolved story of ABC News' false Saddam-anthrax reports]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For about three years beginning in l950 I worked for the news director (Hollis Seavey) at the MBS radio station in Washington, D.C. There were three or four correspondents on the staff, including Joe McCaffrey who covered the Hill. These were hard-working reporters with integrity. They never socialized with the powers that be in Washington. They lived in middle-class neighborhoods in Arlington and Falls Church, and they were truly the "working press." Today reporters are celebrities along with the people they cover, and are pictured together with well-known public figures at parties, galas etc. And we wonder why the press does not speak out as Americans expect them to do. I wonder if it is possible for the mainstream media to return to doing what we hv always expected- seeking the truth and being watchdogs for our freedoms. Perhaps the Web is our answer. Sincerely
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Me thinks she protests too much!
[Read the article: The Shuster fallout]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Clinton campaign's bruhaha over David Shuster's remark is over the top! Perhaps Mr. Shuster could have worded it another way (although that word is in more general use today), but Senator Clinton's reaction is in the "me thinks she protests too much " category. Mr. Shuster's remark was on target, and Senator Clinton knew it - for Chelsea Clinton to campaign for her mother is totally appropriate, but to have her calling super-delegates and put them in the awkward position of giving an answer to the Clinton daughter, was out-of-bounds. Shuster is an excellent reporter, and shouldn't be penalized because of Senator Clinton's thin skin.