Let's face it. No one in their right mind wants to be President because the press will make your life a nightmare. The press makes it impossible for good candidates to run because of the horrible and unfair scrutiny it places upon a person and his entire family. Only people with the most bland personalities and lifestyles can possibly survive the relentless attacks from the press.
Once a President is in office, the modern press makes it impossible for him to do his job. Imagine if, during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the press decided to print stories of JFK's marital infidelities with Marilyn Monroe? Can you imagine how such a huge distraction might have caused that chapter in history to go terribly, terribly wrong?
How about Clinton? How could he perform his duties with the press micro-analyzing everything? Imagine the thousands of hours Clinton had to waste on this, rather than combatting terrorism.
What can we do to make the press more responsible?
2007-09-02
11:11:54
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