Hmm. Let’s contrast this…
President Bush’s national security adviser accused the Arabic-language broadcaster Al-Jazeera of ”purely inaccurate” reporting yesterday, suggesting the Qatar-based satellite station was presenting a biased account of developments in the Middle East.
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”I do think people have suggested that it would be a good thing if the reporting were accurate on Al-Jazeera and if it were not slanted in ways that appear to be at times just purely inaccurate,” [Condoleezza] Rice said.
…with this
Vice President Cheney endorsed the Fox News Channel during a conference call last night with tens of thousands of Republicans who were gathered across the country to celebrate a National Party for the President Day organized by the Bush-Cheney campaign.
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“It’s easy to complain about the press — I’ve been doing it for a good part of my career,” Cheney said. “It’s part of what goes with a free society. What I do is try to focus upon those elements of the press that I think do an effective job and try to be accurate in their portrayal of events. For example, I end up spending a lot of time watching Fox News, because they’re more accurate in my experience, in those events that I’m personally involved in, than many of the other outlets.”
Is the White House really in a position to sit in judgment over which media outlets are reliable? I think not.