I've been thinking alot about the professional self-understandings of journalists over the last several months, and Gitlin's review of Lapdogs has sparked it recently.
Check out this exchange between White House PR guy Dan Bartlett and NBC's Matt Lauer..the fucking morning yak guy. Have you ever heard a mainstream journalist respond in this way since 2000?
Dan BARTLETT: "It is important to have members of the United States Congress who will not wave the white flag of surrender in this war on terror."
LAUER: The white flag of surrender ? that?s a very dramatic and harsh expression to use against the Democrats. Have you heard any Democrats calling for the white flag of surrender?"
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