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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:00 AM

Scott McClellan on the "liberal media"

If Bush's own press secretary mocks the American media as excessively "deferential" disseminators of right-wing government propaganda, isn't it time to retire forever the myth of the "liberal media"?
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Wednesday, May 28, 2008 07:50 AM

    One (minor) quibble

    GG wrote:

    "The primary reason why this preposterous myth persists is because the media generally refuses to engage in any self-examination."

    I'd change this to:

    "The primary reason why this preposterous myth persists is because the media generally refuses to engage in any MEANINGFUL self-examination."

    Oh they love to talk about themselves in the most trite of ways that define narcissism, but rarely does the discerning eye of a critic go unpoked.

    —JFrankParnell Read JFrankParnell's other letters

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