The journalists who came after were pretty much the same as the ones who went before. They were just more full of themselves. Their mission, however, remained the same. They were to mold the American public and make it less unacceptable to its masters. Journalists continued to fawn on power and became, if anything, even more ready to turn themselves into unpaid government spokesmen.
Government is good, and public officials are always well-informed.
All articles reprinted with permission from the New York Press What was so obnoxious about the post-Watergate journalists was their patent dishonesty. The Times has always loved authority and hacks have always loved the Times for it. The trouble is the Times has always been more whore than teacher. This mission, remember, took place just three days after Bill Clinton admitted on national tv that he had been lying for seven months about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Instead of a nerve gas factory the U.S. cruise missiles destroyed a pharmaceuticals plant.