shifting climate

[Diane Monaco]

At 12:16 PM 5/17/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>In a single day, the capital's media climate has been transformed.
>
>Reporters pounded White House spokesman Ari Fleischer and national 
>security adviser Condoleezza Rice at briefings yesterday, skepticism and 
>even indignation in their voices, as they demanded detailed explanations. 
>It was, in short, far different from the tone of flag-bedecked networks 
>after the Sept. 11 attacks, when President Bush, riding a wave of 
>popularity and patriotism, was treated with deference by the media.

The return of journalistic courage.  Let's hope it lasts.

Diane