Newsweek Boss Concedes News Media Liberals Just "Launder Our Views Through, Quote, Objective Critics"

Newsweek Boss Concedes News Media Liberals Just "Launder Our Views Through, Quote, Objective Critics"

Have you noticed all of those Europeans grumbling about President George W. Bushs environmental policies on television and in the newspapers recently? Thanks to a fit of candor from Newsweeks Assistant Managing Editor Evan Thomas, we now know that all of the special press access given to shaggy-haired enviro-wackos is just the medias not-so-subtle way of spanking Bush for pursuing policies they dont like.

Thomas explained how reporters sneak bias into news stories: "We launder our views through, quote, objective critics. And certainly the press is pretty green, the press is pretty pro-environment and I dont think theres any question that they, as a body, feel that Bush is wrong on the environment," he confessed on CNNs Reliable Sources on Saturday evening. "Im excluding the conservative press the Weekly Standard and so forth but generally the press is pretty green and theyre going to use the Europeans to take the Bushies to task."

Sure enough, the latest Newsweek gave lots of room to meanie-greenies who talked trash about Bushs environmental policies. Heres the first paragraph of Christopher Dickeys article, published in the magazines June 25 international edition and available to U.S. readers on MSNBCs web site: "Bianca Jagger, the celebrity activist, isnt exactly a fan of George W. But she loved the U.S. presidents first European tour, looking on with pleasure from among thousands of shouting, marching protesters. They jeered him, reviled him, even mooned him. They trashed him as the Toxic Texan, hoisted banners proclaiming Bush go home, and burned American flags. More than a hundred were arrested and dozens injured as rioters threw stones and broke shop windows in some of the uglier violence to cloud a European summit. How would she sum up the man, from a European perspective? The contemporary antichrist, she says." - Rich Noyes