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From the Mid-Hudson Valley Perspective Archive
Tony Snow to Reporter: Use Your Common Sense
NEW YORK - Reflecting either years of unhappiness with a tight-lipped White House -- or merely a “slow news day” -- reporters today pressed White House Press Secretary Tony Snow on why Laura Bush kept private for so the case of skin cancer that has just been disclosed after a delay of several weeks.
(Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 ) <Read it>
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Editorial Comment
This is a little old, and I wish I'd spotted it sooner, but it's too good to pass on.
See how the reporters continued to hound the White House on this non-story, and then recall how they treated Clinton's refusal to release his medical records - with a collective yawn! And there's a huge difference in importance between the two. The first lady's health is nobody's business but her own. The president's health is a different story. It's something the public needs to know, since it can have huge national implications. - BK