Word: whitewash
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...nearly every TV newscast was decking itself in electronic bunting, Pew's respondents gave the press high marks for both objectivity and "stand[ing] up for America." The apparent lesson: the public wants the media to dig hard--for good news. Still, Bruckheimer says Profiles won't be a whitewash. "Black Hawk shows a lot of blemishes," he notes. "It shows a lot of things going wrong, and I think that's part of the drama...
Jantzen had no trouble with Brown senior Jason Mercado, nearly pinning him 30 seconds into the match and settling for a 12-0 whitewash. Griffin was similarly in control against Brown junior Jesse Savage in his 11-3 victory. El-Hayek, for his part, totally dominated Bears senior Rob Apgar, who despite hoisting Harvard’s captain way up in the air managed only one point in a 6-1 loss...
...Mbeki not only from Britain, the Commonwealth and the European Union, but also from SADC and other African leaders who, in keeping with the NEPAD principles, are anxious to establish their continental credibility. That will make it difficult for the South African observers to come up with a whitewash, as they did in Zimbabwe's 2000 general election...
...question. Yes, Smith does have a love scene with his real-life wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who plays Ali's spitfire bride Sonji Roi. Lonnie reassures the champ: "But they have their clothes on," she says, and she explains that "the last thing we wanted to do was whitewash Muhammad." Ali has no comment on this. He goes back to his boxing picture. Once it has been been filled with spectators, Ali rises, walks tentatively around the table and shows it off to his visitor. He's proud of the drawing. It's not the first time that...
...presence of an active director on the investigative committee compromises the report’s appearance of objectivity. Representatives holding hearings on Enron have publicly questioned Winokur’s role, and the board-commissioned report could be interpreted as a whitewash, designed to shift attention away from the directors just in time for Congressional hearings and investor lawsuits. As a result, we may wait years to learn the full story on who knew what and when...