Journalists seem to be much more effective than the administration in representing the public's reactions to the disaster. Clueless federal officials seem to know less about what is happening than the journalists do, and sometimes less than an average TV viewer. This tips the balance of power toward the press, which is why we see such aggressive questioning and on-air criticism close to jeering. |
McClellan is a brick wall disguised as a government official. He wins any time the press bangs its head against the wall. Part of the White House strategy is essentially cultural, that resentment against the press is itself converted into a political asset. |
Not only is the Times not operating properly, it's unable to say to readers: here's why we're not. |
She subtracted from public knowledge by introducing this unknown source whose name she couldn't remember. It's almost like the gaps in the Nixon tapes. |
That small fridge in the dining room just isn't doing the job anymore. When there are bottles stored in every room in the house, it's time to think about a better option. |
The average wine cellar can hold 1,500 to 2,000 bottles of wine, is temperature-controlled and is completely insulated. |
The Times felt helpless, ... It couldn't print the news. It was very much trapped. |
There is an inescapable logic to it. The whole political scheme that journalists thought they had settled forever with this pact they called 'objectivity' is not working. We don't have a media system that's aligned well with the more partisan political life of the country. The press will have to become more political. |
There is nothing to compel a tenured professor of journalism to engage with the Internet other than as a user. |
These aren't exactly people who lack voice or visibility in our culture. |
This case was a complete loser for the press. It exposed this traffic in secrets. And whenever the press is claiming rights that are an exception from the rest of the public, then I think it works against the press. |
What The Post is doing today is a recognition that the balance of power has shifted to users who can choose the way they receive news . . . that they're not entirely in charge of how people get their news anymore. |