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What did you think about the White House press secretary's announcement that the Obama Administration was going to adopt a sort of "take no prisoners" approach to pundits and media critics - that they plan on singling them out specifically? Not more than any other President. Nobody likes criticism, and nobody likes to feel attacked, of course. But I think it behooves all Administrations to tell the truth as much as they can, to bring the people with them. You cannot have a democracy without informed people. It shouldn't be a shock when the public finally learns things...
...there one Administration that sticks out as being more secretive than any other? All of them are secretive. All of them. But I think we got a lot more out of President Kennedy and especially President [Lyndon] Johnson. He would summon us - the entire press corps - to the South Lawn and we'd stroll around the grounds with him. We'd call them the Bataan Death Marches because the women wore really high heels with pointed toes, and we would be falling all over each other. But we'd take these walks, and he would really let his hair down...
What do you think of bloggers? Everyone with a laptop thinks they're a journalist. Everyone with a cell phone thinks they're a photographer. So our profession is sidelined in a way. There's no turning back. It's frightening because you can ruin lives and reputations willy-nilly without realizing it. No editors. No standards. No ethics. We're at the crossroads. So many newspapers that are so valuable are going down the drain. It's a crisis...
...think you're best remembered for it? Because I'm so sassy. Most people worship at their shrine. They bow and scrape, and I say, "Who's this?" I sound very sophisticated, but I'm not. I've seen photographs of myself with my mouth open and wide-eyed when I see the President, and I say to myself, I'm not that jaded. I can tell I'm a fraud...
...moment may be at hand for a dramatic U.S. initiative, even from a no-drama President. "The two sides seem unable to make peace on their own," says Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was Jimmy Carter's National Security Adviser. "I think it would make a lot of sense for the President to announce what he thinks a Middle East peace plan should look like." The elements of such a plan are widely known. Bill Clinton announced a version of it in December 2000, as he was leaving office. Brzezinski cites four major components: a return to 1967 borders, with land swaps...