Why does the press seem to like Bush?

Overall they have been easy on Bush especially compared to Clinton. Bush rarely holds press conferences and when he does he is snippy with the press. Why does the press seem to overlook Bush's flaws and temperment and prop him up every chance they get?

and therefore they are cowed.

Bush's popularity ratings have generally run *lower* than Clinton's in all the polls.

They believe Bush is personally popular while Clinton was popular for the job he did.

The press is really a craven buch; especially after 9-11.

Clinton could be a dawg, but he seemed very likable--a likable rascal. Bush is just thououghly unlikable. I don't see what anybody would see in him.

told the Truth, the government and the dollar would
collapse. Think the Great Depression multiplied 20 or
30 times.

That, and all the threats against them if they diss him (just a theory, y'know).

from their corporate masters.

Ding! Ding! We have a winner!

Bake

of the media conglomorates have made it a career disaster for anyone who reports negatively on Bush.

its quite that simple.

Like "Stretch" for David Gregory of NBC.

He calls Dennis Hastert, "Speak" because he is the speaker of the house. Lay was "Kenny Boy." Lame.

They are so eager to get a soundbyte or snippet of text, that they play his game..

They have given up ANY semblance of being NEWS people.. They are gossip reporters and celebrity pundits..

and they are afraid of losing their jobs if they piss him off.. If they lose what little access they have, they will be writing obituaries or taking classified ads..:(

At least Reagan stylistically was kind of fun.

All the scandals that should be front page news, and hit as hard as Clinton and Reagan were with Lewinsky and Iran-Contra, just silently go away with this press.

Bush lies about claims in a State of the Union, it goes away.

Bush says we are invading Iraq for WMD, none are found, story goes away.

Cheney involved in energy scandal, it goes away.

I'm disgusted by this, there are no real reporters left apparently.

and we must not criticize the President, if we do, we are looked at as "liberal media"

Nothing drove them crazier than having to listen to Clinton talk facts and policy all the time, chirst they had to remember stuff. No problem here.

No wonder Al Gore drove them crazy.

it's KING GEORGE, by the way.

corporate news whores.

Who has covered six US presidents and who used to sit in the front row during White House press briefings until she called GW the "worst president ever..."

one exception--of course Bush doesn't call on her like every other president did. He is such a prick-and so thin skinned. That's why I like Dean--I'm hoping that he will get Bush's goat and cause him to lose his cool.

And the wimpy men are in awe and the feeble-minded women have the vapors.

:shrug:

...and they sign their paychecks.

Completing sentences and being a man are not mutually exclusive.

One too many phony action hero movies I guess.

want.
This has been Bush's motto since he has been in office.

Personally they probably despise him but they have a job,
which alot have quit, yet they know that as every day goes by,
it is a record in history and Bush is failing big time on this one!!!

that one of the reasons the press corps liked * during Campaign 2000 was that he fed the press really well (and we all know he was his goofy, accessible self). Traitorous bastards. Sold out for doughnuts (and big fat paychecks).

MWO has it right, I think. The same reason that stupid macho rich boys are popular in high school and wonky nerds are sneered at. EWWWW! Who'd want to go out with that egghead Al?

In "Travels with George" Alexandra Pelosi was asking W: "Why should I vote for you?" "Because I have an intimate, special relationship with NBC and it's your job, ha!ha!ha!"

and are thus prone to sycophancy of the people who kick them but treat them nicely, iow reduce them and treat them like children. Democrats are the mom who always listens to appeals, Republicans are the dads who kick ass but let you back into the house.

To be a journalist you have to be something of an adolescent, susceptible to being ranked and awed and tempted, otherwise the job (such as it is) would annoy and bore you. The hiring practices of the corporate news networks selects for the most malleable and sycophantic and least substantive ones.

Most news is about foolish or unlucky people or deceptions, and the job consists of explaining what happened to people whose assumptions about the world turn out to be deeply ignorant and provincial on the whole. That's why older journalists resort to writing books, to trying to talk about people who are wise or things that they consider information that is important but is being missed.

they feel superior with aWol. with clinton, they felt inferior and thus had to attack him.

I heard he swears like a sailor but they never put that out. I also heard he does crazy creerlearing stuff be hind the camera but it is so childish they never print that. Where you read it it is always newsmen that are said not to like him. Liberal press? Who knows. Suck up to power sounds right to me.

The alternative is receiving an envelope containing either white powder or a pink slip.


rocknation

Bush had a little press availability today, and even claimed that he was "being very generous today" with the questions.

Let me pause here.

:puke:

Mr. Choreographed Press Conference claimed he was BEING GENEROUS. Bleah.

Anyway, someone tried to ask him about how he would feel if a Democrat were president and running a $455 billion deficit. Bush kept interrupting the questioner, then reiterated his shtick of the day (i.e., that people say "the darnedest things" during presidential campaigns, in politics, etc.).

Bush then LIED again about "inheriting a recession." Naturally, no one in the press groaned about it or called him on it.


He then proceeded to blame the deficit on the war (he mentions the war more than John Cleese did in "The Germans" episode from "Fawlty Towers") and crow about what he'd done concerning taxes.

Pardon me again.

:puke:

Either the press corps is completely intimidated or just a bunch of stenographers.

And may Bush be punished. Oh, may he be punished and reviled, puffed-up, mendacious, selfish, cowardly, bullying thing that he is.

in ready made sound bites, saving them work. Therefor they are grateful - the lazy slobs.

Also, they are terrified to "slant" in favor of reality, given their bosses conflicts of interest.