The Fifth Column Fourth Estate

In the confrontational media Q & A between the White House press corp and the White Houses' press secretary Scott McClellan while discussing the Newsweeks "fake story", McClellan was asked: "With respect, who made you the editor of Newsweek? Do you think it's appropriate for you, at that podium, speaking with the authority of the President of the United States, to tell an American magazine what they should print?

Chrenkoff responds:

Well, with respects, the media, who made you the elected politicians and military leaders to tell them how they should run a country and conduct a war? It seems another great case of a glass jaw - the media likes to dish it out but can't take it. It’s only to be expected, thought, that in an adversarial climate where the media consciously or subconsciously considers itself a political force (that's, after all, is what being the Fourth Estate is all about), a sort of permanent opposition to the government, the same rules will be applied to it as to all the other political players –including scrutiny and criticism.

Well said, Arthur. By the way, if you don't already, you should read him daily. Drop him a note and tell him Heavy-Handed sent ya'.