>[from Brit Hume's interview with W
><http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,98006,00.html>]:
>
>HUME: How do you get your news?
>
>BUSH: I get briefed by Andy Card and Condi in the morning. They come
>in and tell me. In all due respect, you've got a beautiful face and
>everything.
>
>I glance at the headlines just to kind of a flavor for what's
>moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are
>probably read the news themselves. But like Condoleezza, in her
>case, the national security adviser is getting her news directly
>from the participants on the world stage.
>
>HUME: Has that been your practice since day one, or is that a
>practice that you've...
>
>BUSH: Practice since day one.
>
>HUME: Really?
>
>BUSH: Yes. You know, look, I have great respect for the media. I
>mean, our society is a good, solid democracy because of a good,
>solid media. But I also understand that a lot of times there's
>opinions mixed in with news. And I...
>
>HUME: I won't disagree with that, sir.
>
>BUSH: I appreciate people's opinions, but I'm more interested in
>news. And the best way to get the news is from objective sources.
>And the most objective sources I have are people on my staff who
>tell me what's happening in the world.
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