Stephanie Miller’s radio show featured W’s various references to blocking terrorist money during the past five years.
‘Political Theater
The GOP’s media bashing is a response to journalists’ attempts to hold the administration accountable—a job Congress won’t do.
WEB EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY
Eleanor Clift
Newsweek
Updated: 1:10 p.m. ET June 30, 2006June 30, 2006 - You have to go back to the Alien and Sedition Acts of the 1790s to find Congress so outrageously trying to stifle dissent. Signed by President John Adams to quash newspapers aligned with rival Thomas Jefferson, some 25 people were arrested and 10 editors and publishers convicted under these laws. This time around, at least, the resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday condemning news organizations for publishing classified information has no force of law. It’s pure political theater.’
The GOP’s media bashing is a response to journalists’ attempts to hold the administration accountable—a job Congress won’t do.
WEB EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY
Eleanor Clift
Newsweek
Updated: 1:10 p.m. ET June 30, 2006June 30, 2006 - You have to go back to the Alien and Sedition Acts of the 1790s to find Congress so outrageously trying to stifle dissent. Signed by President John Adams to quash newspapers aligned with rival Thomas Jefferson, some 25 people were arrested and 10 editors and publishers convicted under these laws. This time around, at least, the resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday condemning news organizations for publishing classified information has no force of law. It’s pure political theater.’
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