President Bush Read Newspaper Last Week

[DeepModem Mom]

(Thanks to mediabistro.com for the altered headline to this article.)

NYT: Flash! President Bush Says He Reads Papers
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Published: December 25, 2006

Is there hope for newspapers after all? Readers may be abandoning the printed versions, but over the last couple of years, at least one person seems to have started reading them, at least sometimes. He lives in the White House.

President Bush declared in 2003 that he did not read newspapers, but at his final news conference of the year last week, he casually mentioned that he had seen something in the paper that very day.

Asked for his reaction to word that Vice President Cheney would be called to testify in the C.I.A. leak case, the president allowed: “I read it in the newspaper today, and it’s an interesting piece of news.”

That was a marked contrast with his position in 2003, when he told Brit Hume on Fox News that he glanced at the headlines, but “I rarely read the stories,” because, he said, they mix opinion with fact. He said he preferred to get his news from “objective sources” — like “people on my staff who tell me what’s happening in the world.”

Critics howled that his statement showed he was out of touch with both the world and average Americans. Last year, in an interview with Brian Williams, he softened his stand. “I see a lot of the news,” Mr. Bush told Mr. Williams. “I — every morning I look at the newspaper. I’m not — I can’t say I’ve read every single article in the newspaper, but I definitely know what’s in the news.”...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/business/media/25paper.html

[salin]

1. bwahaha

“I see a lot of the news,” Mr. Bush told Mr. Williams. “I — every morning I look at the newspaper. I’m not — I can’t say I’ve read every single article in the newspaper, but I definitely know what’s in the news.”...

We already know from a big Newsweek of Time spread that while she was NSA director, part of Condi's job was to give him the 'highlights' of briefings and what is in the news. Presumably as Sec of State she no longer has that particular duty (we should HOPE) - but note his words... he "sees" the news (glance at? has it pointed to him), he "looks" at it (same as "sees" does not = read) Indeed: I can't say I've read every single article (or any article?) but I know what is in the news (cuz someone reads me the "high lights").

What a bozo.

[opihimoimoi]

4. I bet he glances at those headlines in the boxes next to the restuarants/sidewalks...and newstands..

thats it...he don't read for shit...the FAKE READER he is...

[Vanje]

7. Not true! Bush dosnt do sidewalks.

And if he goes into a restaurant,his people precede him by hours and remove anything, or anyone that might offend the boy-king.

[opihimoimoi]

15. Is that called the BUBBLE??? He lives in a BUBBLE?? OMG, the BUBBLE DUFUS

[Lisa]

16. yes -- they probably fling their bodies in front of disparaging headlines

Just so he won't have a conniption when he's walking past those newspaper boxes.

[salin]

10. the only thing we know for sure that he "read"

was Putin's 'eyes'... and even then he misread what he saw.

[valerief]

11. Hey, he wrote that "Condi, can I take a leak?" note! nt

[opihimoimoi]

13. LOL...thanks for the reminder....

[opihimoimoi]

14. Putin was head of the KGB...a position which requires, among other things, BRAINS

If anybody read anything...it was Putin...not Chimpy, who doesn't comprehend 98% of what greets his eyes....

[Richard D]

2. One can only hope . . .

. . . he's reading the "help wanted" section of the classifieds.

[valerief]

3. Wouldn't it be funny to see a front-page pic of the preznit on a newspaper

with him reading a newspaper, and the newspaper pic is of the preznit reading a newspaper, etc. ?

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Somehow the notion of an infinite regress is appropriate

when applied to Bush.

[beam me up scottie]

5. aaaaaarrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhh

"I rarely read the stories," because, he said, they mix opinion with fact. He said he preferred to get his news from "objective sources" — like "people on my staff who tell me what’s happening in the world."

I had forgotten that quote...:banghead:

[Vanje]

6. He reads Mallard Fillmore

No problem there with mixing opinion with troublesome facts

[Sapphire Blue]

9. This should be in LBN!!!

:sarcasm:

It seems that his trainers like to give him a new word to use once or twice a month, too.

[A Simple Game]

12. Laura has also metioned how much he has read this past year.

I think they are working on his legacy, trying to make him seem smarter.

He also seems to use the head tilt Raygun used when stressing a point more often too.

[Neshanic]

17. He's looking for Camus' "The Stranger" funny pages.