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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:32 AM

    bernbart

    [You have an] even younger generation who never READ the newspaper or anything else but poorly written misinformed blogs.

    Wait. What?

    So you're defending media organs who work so very hard to support an elite that is as entrenched as it is blithely dismissive of the people to whom it hawks its product?

    Take a look at this (from consortiumnews.com):

    With only 10 days left before George W. Bush leaves office, the Washington Establishment – and its chief mouthpiece the Washington Post – are trying to stymie any meaningful accountability for the outgoing administration and thus cover up for their own complicity in Bush’s crimes and incompetence.

    http://tinyurl.com/9bt5lt

    You can READ the rest of this assessment about a staunch, stalwart and thoroughly reputable establishment newspaper. And once you've done so, perhaps you'll have a better understanding of why the younger set has gone elsewhere.

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