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The Two Faces of the Tribune

March 20th, 2007 · No Comments · Chicago, Media, News, Politics

Media Matters calls out the Chicago Tribune on its Clinton/Bush double standard:

We’ve previously detailed the bizarre Bush-era tendency of major newspaper editorial boards to disregard principles they held dear during the Clinton administration. The Chicago Tribune, for example, editorialized in 1998 that Clinton should resign because his statements about the Monica Lewinsky matter would make it difficult to trust him in the future: “Who will know when he’s telling the truth and when he’s not, whether he’s being sincere or play-acting, whether his word is his bond or just another artful dodge?” Now, despite the fact that the American people long ago lost the ability to know when Bush is telling the truth about matters of war (latest example: An ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted last month found that fully 63 percent of Americans “cannot trust the Bush Administration to honestly and accurately report intelligence about possible threats from other countries?”), the Tribune stays silent.

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