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From: diy@sb1.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Reagan's Press Conference
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Date: Wed, 27-Jul-83 12:31:25 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 27 12:31:25 1983
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I have no great love for Reagan, but I have to admit that I agree with him on
one idea that he mentioned one time...The media making "much ado about nothing".

It seems that since Watergate every president must now sacrifice someone in his
staff to the media gods:

Nixon and everybody else in his group
Carter and Bert Lance
Now Reagan and the Debate Papers

It just seems to me that there is a general attitude among the press corps that
there is something going on, that everybody is hiding something.  I wonder,
does this scenario take place:

Editor: OK, today's assignments...Johnson, hang out by Senator Jones house, and see if any suspicious characters ever come there.

     Wilson, check all the bank records of the heads of our state departments.
See if they have been withdrawing a lot of money lately...might be a good story
there.

     Jackson, check the family trees of the city council!  By God, I'll bet we'll
find that the mayor's fourth cousin on his paternal grandmother's side is also
employed by the city somewhere.  Nepotism!!! It's our sacred duty to guard
against it!

    Martin, you go through all the trash cans in the governor's mansion.  We
are the watchdog for the public, and no stone must be left unturned,no nook or cranny left unooked or crannied, no private letter or conversation
must not be publicized, cause we've got to let the public know!!!


	ad nauseum, etc, so on so forth...

Don't get me wrong, I really do believe that the press should serve as a 
watchdog of sorts.  I'm against MAKING  news as opposed to reporting it!
And everything I've heard and seen from the media is smelling more and
more like news created.  And it's getting more and more biased.  Does 
anybody believe for one minute that the Washington Press Corps is totally
unbiased towards Reagan???

I could be wrong, or not looking at it correctly.  I invite comment!
I've got an open mind!

WHO WATCHES THE WATCHDOG??


		DENNIS