Jennifer Rubin "The White House’s behavior throughout the sequester process has been baffling to some. Until Friday’s news conference mainstream media never showed much skepticism about the reams of scare stories being passed around. And if not for Bob Woodward, not a single news outlet would have reported the origin of the sequester. (Think about the level of negligence involved on that point alone.) Whether on account of bias or ineptitude, media haven’t been very good at extracting the truth until quite recently.
..."What flows from all of this? On the media side, any conscientious news outlet would do some soul searching and internal review. Why has it missed or ignored huge stories? How can it break free from group-think reporting? Why has it been so gullible? To what degree has White House intimidation affected its reporting? Do media need to offer retractions and apologies to their readers and viewers?."
..."What flows from all of this? On the media side, any conscientious news outlet would do some soul searching and internal review. Why has it missed or ignored huge stories? How can it break free from group-think reporting? Why has it been so gullible? To what degree has White House intimidation affected its reporting? Do media need to offer retractions and apologies to their readers and viewers?."
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