[Snuffington]

Says Playboy editor James Kaminsky: "It's appalling to think that the man who runs the country somehow finds time for a long gym workout each day, but can't muster up the intellectual curiosity to peruse the newspaper. Is it laziness, arrogance or a willful combination of the two? Does the president really need a human filter to deliver only news the White House staff thinks he wants to hear? Do gossip items sometimes get thrown into the daily 'readings'? How about the funnies? How hard is it to watch the damn TV news, even while working out?"

Money paragraph here. It has the full-blown self-importance of the old media, delivered with anger and scorn by a proud pornographer. And the media left wonders why America thinks they're out of touch, instead of Bush.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

" When you ARE the news, you don't have to read it"..GW BUSH.

Ok, I made that up.

[dirtboy]

A further dissection of the money paragraph:

Does the president really need a human filter to deliver only news the White House staff thinks he wants to hear?

The guy only gets his info straight from the leading intel agencies in the country - but somehow his worldview would be improved by reading Playboy (only for the articles, of course...)

[irv]

It has the full-blown self-importance of the old media, delivered with anger and scorn by a proud pornographer.

Bingo. Note that the reason given for not checking out mainstream news (editorialization) is simply ignored.

[Snuffington]

Money paragraph here. It has the full-blown self-importance of the old media, delivered with anger and scorn by a proud pornographer. And the media left wonders why America thinks they're out of touch, instead of Bush.

Wow!!! I've just had my comment swiped almost verbatim by Rush! Does anyone have a transcript so we can put Rush's comments side by side? This was WAY to close to be accidental. Rush was definitely perusing FR.

You're welcome for the show prep, El Rushbo.