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Friday, March 30, 2007 12:00 AM

Observations about John Harris' replies

Glenn Greenwald

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  • Friday, March 30, 2007 07:27 AM

    about the access quandry

    It has been CW for a while that national DC beat journalists' are not as hard-nosed as they should be, because they don't want to antagonize sources, thereby losing precious access.

    I have always thought that reporting the truth and raising tough questions are paramount to the journalist's profession. If that means hurting an administration's feelings and losing that access, the good professional journalist then reports for 137 consecutive days that "the White House (or the Chairman or whoever) continues to stonewall..." and then that is the story!

    These people don't seem to know how to do their job or even what it is! Sheesh!

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