President Bush ‘out,’ media ‘in’

as biggest thing to complain about in ’05

Following through on his pledge to heal the bitterly divided
nation, President Bush joined Sen. John Kerry today to introduce
a bipartisan national dialogue about the sorry state of "the
Media."

Republicans hold contempt for the elite liberal media as
exemplified by the New York Times, while Democrats blast organizations
like Fox News for brainwashing gullible viewers with right-wing
propaganda.

And polls show growing disgust over the Media’s failure to
provide the citizenry with the complete, unbiased information
it needs to make decisions vital to our democracy.

In fact, many are now blaming the Media for failing to prevent
the war in Iraq by more vigorously questioning the president
and his men about the phony weapons of mass destruction and
the dishonest effort to link Saddam Hussein and Osama bin
Laden.

The Media could not be reached for comment, but an anonymous
source close to the media said Howard Fineman will be covering
the story in this week’s Newsweek, then pontificating about
it on Crossfire, Hardball, The O’Reilly Factor and Imus in
the Morning.