Our President and the News

[mburbank]

Okay, the source for this is CNN, but the section I clipped is W. talking about himself to Britt Hume of fox news.

" Bush said he insulates himself from the "opinions" that seep into news coverage by getting his news from his own aides. He said he scans headlines, but rarely reads news stories.

"I appreciate people's opinions, but I'm more interested in news," the president said. "And the best way to get the news is from objective sources, and the most objective sources I have are people on my staff who tell me what's happening in the world."


If one had NO OTHER reason to vote against W. this would be enough. He believes his aides are the most objective news source he could get? Does he really mean this, or is he laying groundwork for later credable deniability? He thinks more 'opinion' seeps into news coverage (and there's plenty of it out there, from all kinds of angles) than 'seeps into' his aides interpretation of that news?