How The Media Got Its Groove Back

In his washingtonpost.com chat, Dan Froomkin fields an interesting question about how, thanks to Katrina, the press suddenly got a spine after being dogged for their lackluster efforts in challenging the Bush administration on other fronts.

Question: … President [Bush] seems to have gotten an easy ride from the press throughout his Presidency. Why such an easy ride and why is the press finally waking up?

Dan Froomkin: … I think the post-Katrina awakening is … in part because so many people have been able to see, first-hand, things which don’t jibe with what the president is saying.

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