Howard Kurtz Uses Osama Death to Rerun Charge Media Was ‘Too Passive’ Toward Bush on Terror
On Sunday's Reliable Sources, CNN host Howard Kurtz used the killing of Osama bin Laden to revisit how the media were too deferential to the Bush administration. Kurtz questioned the validity of the terror alerts in the years following 9/11 and wondered if they were used for political gain. Kurtz, comparing the press coverage of the bin Laden assassination and the War on Terror, pondered if there was a “climate of fear” post-9/11 and asked “did the media contribute to that?” “Is it possible that the Bush administration, for political reasons, chose to play up the War on Terror in a way that the Obama administration has chosen not to?” Kurtz asked guest Brian Ross of ABC News. Ross didn't see the same conspiracy theory on the Bush administration, simply saying that they had a “different mindset” in the matter than Obama. (Video after the break.)
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