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Network news anchors praise the job they did in the run-up to the war

Charlie Gibson says that it's not the job of the media to "debate" with political leaders, merely to pose questions.
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  • Wednesday, May 28, 2008 03:33 PM

    @J Nathan

    What happened to the Fifth Estate and the power of the press?

    Fourth Estate. You've confused them with the Fifth Column, which is the effect the Right has been trying to produce all this time. :>

    Reporters ... If I had the lot of them shot as spies, I have no doubt there would be news from Hell by morning --- William Tecumseh Sherman

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