Reply #3: The press acts as if it's not "nice" to question the Bush adm. -- [View All]

either that, or they are terrified themselves of the truth that this administration bungled 9/11 -- before, during, and after -- and is peopled by the most nefarious cast of characters ever to hold power in this country. Certainly, the press was in denial, or feigned denial, in 2000 that an American Presidential election could be stolen, assuring the public over and over that our system had worked, as there were "no tanks in the streets."

Another factor, I think, is D.C. provincialism. The children of the press go to school with the children of administration officials, and they see them socially. Journalists think the Bushies are, again, "nice" people, and are, I think, reluctant to admit to themselves what they do in their political roles.