consortiumnews.com - http://www.consortiumnews.com --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Washington press corps is wowed by George W. Bush's handling of the China-plane crisis. Major papers call his performance "vigorous," yet humble. Indeed, the credulous treatment of the spin coming out of the White House is reminiscent of the Reagan-Bush era when author Mark Hertsgaard aptly described the national press corps as "on bended knee" before Ronald Reagan -- and later, before George H.W. Bush. Now, after eight years of kicking Bill Clinton and Al Gore for every offense imaginable -- and some that were simply imagined -- the big-name journalists are back on their knees again before George W. Bush, oohing and aahing about his understated leadership. For the full story of America's supplicant press corp, go to Consortiumnews.com at http://www.consortiumnews.com ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
