Word: defang
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...timing of the concerted outburst seems designed to defang criticism in advance of the presidential election campaign. And the strategy could be effective. The fact that many of the larger news organizations lean to the liberal side gives the Administration ammunition. The occasional errors committed by newsmen add to the media's credibility problem. "The White House is feeding on it," says Peter Lisagor of the Chicago Daily News, a past president of the White House Correspondents Association. "Now that they are coming up to the campaign, they look for a scapegoat. The press is an immediate and vulnerable...