White House whitewashers: “Bush staffers chastise NBC for a Clinton interview, Fleischer whacks Maher and the Bush-was-in-danger story falls apart. Tension mounts between the White House and the media.” Salon

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“Yeah, yeah, I know what everybody’s thinking: Who cares about a talk-show host who makes millions of dollars a year? But if (Bill) Maher can’t say what he wants, how can you, lowly citizen? And what’s the White House doing editing transcripts? Also, editorial writers have been fired from papers in Oregon and Texas for writing criticism of George W. Bush. Can you say blacklist, anyone?” randomWalks