The Iraq war fueled distrust of the press from both sides.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The second is the damage to the credibility and independence of a free press which may be caused by covert relationships with the U.S. journalists and media organizations.
The press is the enemy.
The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.
Press critics worry that the rise of media polarization threatens the foundation of credible, common information that American politics needs to thrive.
I don't think that the press in 2004 was any more unfair to Bush than they were to Kerry.
The press these days should be rather careful about its role. We may have acquired some tendencies about over-involvement that we had better overcome.
What the right-wing in the United States tries to do is undermine the press.
Historically, war journalists have embedded themselves with one side, which means the greatest threat comes from the clearly delineated enemy of that side.
The Iraqi Free Press, which did not exist 18 months ago because there was no such thing as the Iraqi Free Press, broke a story about the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal, which could potentially turn out to be the largest scandal in history.
The press is our chief ideological weapon.