{"article":{"id":5941,"heading":"BACK ON BENDED KNEE","author":"Robert Parry \/ The Consortium","created":"2001-04-18 19:20:29","modified":"2013-11-10 23:37:14","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:37:14","article":"<p>The Washington press corps is wowed by George W. Bush's handling of the China-plane crisis. Major papers call his performance \"vigorous,\" yet humble. Indeed, the credulous treatment of the spin coming out of the White House is reminiscent of the Reagan-Bush era when author Mark Hertsgaard aptly described the national press corps as \"on bended knee\" before Ronald Reagan -- and later, before George H.W. Bush. Now, after eight years of kicking Bill Clinton and Al Gore for every offense imaginable -- and some that were simply imagined -- the big-name journalists are back on their knees again before George W. Bush, oohing and aahing about his understated leadership. <br><br> ------ <br><br> For the full story, click on the link below.  The author, Robert Parry, broke the Iran-Contra Scandal as an AP reporter in 1985, a year and a half before the rest of the Washington press corp was finally forced to recognize it.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.consortiumnews.com\/041701a.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The Washington press corps is wowed by George W. Bush's handling of the China-plane crisis\u2026the credulous treatment of the spin coming out of the White House is reminiscent of the Reagan-Bush era when author Mark Hertsgaard aptly described the national press corps as \"on bended knee\" before Ronald Reagan....","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2001\/04\/5941.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":5944,"heading":"Study belgrade footage","article":"All advice is bad,good advice is fatal.  wilde.\r\n\r\nPress corp might see what happens to state tv toadies when the floodgates of anarchy open.","author":"proffr@fuckmicrosoft.com","parent_id":5941,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-04-18 20:58:16","modified":"2001-04-18 22:00:01","fileurl":""}]}