Meia Bias: President George W. Bush has issued a full-throated defense of the media's role in modern society. He's being way too generous.
"I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy. … Power can be very addictive," Bush said in remarks on NBC's "Today."
"We need an independent media to hold people like me to account," he said.
Yes, we agree wholeheartedly. But he seemed to imply today's media were fulfilling that role. They aren't. And there's no better example than Bush's own two terms in office.
While we deeply admire the former president for not holding a grudge, the media spent much of Bush's eight years in office actively lying about what he was doing and what he was trying to do.
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