Matt Sludge has this link to an article in Editor and Publisher about Helen Thomas where the guy who "disagrees" with her totally backs up her time-line in the process. Take a look...
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I really think that reporters for
two, three months after 9/11 -- everyone was afraid to ask their question," Thomas said. "They would not ask any question that would appear to be unpatriotic."
Reached by the Star, Rich Noyes, research director of the Virginia-based Media Research Center, called Thomas' remarks "a totally fictional account of what happened since 9/11. By early 2002, it was really back to normal , with reporters asking many, many tough questions both about domestic policy and foreign policy....
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So Rich Noyes says her account is totally fictional, but says that thing were back to normal by early 2002 - that's LONGER than the 2 to 3 months that Helen Thomas alludes to in her comments! The usual convenient fuzzy math comes into play. Typical.
Mutt
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000566489