Reply #22: Iraq is the biggest news at the moment [View All]

[pmbryant]

So, given the herd mentality of the press, it is to be expected that everyone wants to ask questions that center on Iraq.

In the middle of 2002, all the questions were about corporate scandals, since that was the big news at the time.

I don't think this is evidence for 'vetting' questions beforehand. Too many of these questions were implicit attacks on the Bush's attitude and policies for me to believe that they were vetted.

In my mind, nothing about it was executed fairly well. The opening statement was drearily presented, overly long, and basically just a repetition of the news events of recent days; the Q&A session was largely incoherent.

--Peter