more on Why the Press Failed

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Kevin G. Barkes" <kgb () kgb com>
Date: July 18, 2004 5:17:08 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Why the Press Failed

"The President is merely the most important among a large
number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed
exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct
or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering
loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a
whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there
should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and
this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he
does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other
attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To
announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is
not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be
spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more
important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about
him than about any one else."
-Theodore Roosevelt


Regards,

KGB

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