Media Watch
Every utterance of [Vice-President Dick] Cheney or Rumsfeld was given front-page treatment, whereas any utterance from Senators [Edward] Kennedy or [Robert] Byrd or Bob Graham were ignored or given page 18, one-paragraph treatment. There was the makings of a great debate about this, but the press so favored the administration and they so excluded, they so ignored the opposition in Congress. Both Byrd and Kennedy gave thoughtful, capable speeches—a succession of them—and the press did not give equal time to the opposition. Arthur Schlesinger

Too superficial coverage, too few real debates, too few allies, too few troops...too many real casualities. All our central democratic institutions and polities--including the churches-- are in desperate need of renewal.