Civility and Double Standards. Robert Parry: ‘As George W. Bush completes his first 100 days in office, he seems to have
accomplished at least one of his campaign promises: restoring civility to
Washington. The national press corps — that couldn’t use the word “liar”
enough when describing Al Gore’s supposed exaggerations or pretty much
anything about Bill and Hillary Clinton — now tip-toes around apparent
contradictions and misstatements by the new administration.

While some might call this a victory for civility, others might call it a
double standard. (Here’s) how the national press corps
avoids the “L” word in this new era…’ The Consortium