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" The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps to a majority of Americans. "

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" By Rice's own standards, the war was well underway by the time he took office. He was a war president the moment he took the oath. But did he act like one? "

" A purely objective viewpoint does not exist in the cosmos or in politics. "

" Remember the picture of the president in the classroom, being told of the attack by chief of staff Andy Card? The American people thought they were seeing a man suddenly thrust into a grave challenge no one could have anticipated. "

" I know that from the days of Watergate... the notion of two sources on a story has become the popular dogma about how you confirm something. And there is a lot of truth to that, but there are all kinds of ways to check to the extent that you can, a story that you get. "

" The notion of a neutral, mainstream national media gained dominance only in World War II and in its aftermath, when what turned out to be a temporary moderate consensus came to govern the country. "

" As Walter Cronkite would say, that's the way it is. "

" It's hard to know now who, if anyone, in the media has any credibility. "

" A political party is dying before our eyes-and I don't mean the Democrats. I'm talking about the mainstream media, which is being destroyed by the opposition. "

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