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Another Poll You Won't Hear About -- Almost 2/3 of Americans Support N
It’s been more than two weeks since the New York Times broke the National Security Agency eavesdropping story, and despite a media barrage on this subject, it appears the nation doesn’t feel the Bush administration is doing anything wrong. A survey released by Rasmussen Reports last week identified:“Sixty-four percent (64%) of Americans believe the National Security Agency (NSA) should be allowed…
Newsweek’s Meacham Frets that for New Generation Bush Ruined Trust i
Asked by Tim Russert to name the biggest story of 2005, on Sunday’s Meet the Press Jon Meacham, Managing Editor of Newsweek, lamented how President Bush’s incompetence on Katrina and Iraq has disillusioned the new generation about the great “positive” things government can do. Meacham fretted that the new “generation coming of political consciousness, they're coming to consciousness when there…
I'm With Byron: NY Times Needs To Answer NSA Story Questions
New York Times Public Editor Byron Calame agrees that the refusal to answer a single question about the spy story is "woefully inadequate." I e-mailed a list of 28 questions to Bill Keller, the executive editor, on Dec. 19, three days after the article appeared. He promptly declined to respond to them. I then sent the same questions to Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the publisher, who also declined to…