The death of former President George H.W. Bush has CNN’s Reliable Sources remembering a time of a kinder, gentler press relationship with the White House:
In the George H.W. Bush years, "there was actually a reservoir of goodwill" between the president and the press corps, @FrankSesno said. There was mutual respect, something that's "virtually absent now." https://t.co/tjTDEBCYev
— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) December 3, 2018
If you didn’t know any better you’d think the media was all rainbows, gumdrops & unicorns about the president back then.
Why does cnn always try to spin people’s deaths in their favor. Sad
— MonetaryMonsta (@DezPottle) December 3, 2018
Anybody who was old enough in the late 80s and early 90s might remember things somewhat differently when it comes to the media’s treatment of President George H.W. Bush:
Translation: George H.W. Bush always treated us with kindness and respect…and we treated him as a racist Willie Horton-exploiting warmonger….oh, the good old days. https://t.co/CTIbEqB7Q7 https://t.co/a2OpyJQ3go
— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) December 3, 2018
The media , including Dan Rather was very nasty and mean to George Bush !!! pic.twitter.com/JPq25tc0u5
— Steve (@SJPFISH) December 3, 2018
"mutual respect"https://t.co/e6hIvR2oqX
— Bryan Farris (@SaveFarrisLSU) December 3, 2018
Heck, the media’s even having a hard time exprssing “goodwill” to George H.W. Bush to this day:
DELETE your BIAS: AP's 'revision' to SHAMEFUL George H.W. Bush tweet makes it WORSE https://t.co/jMHOi1SY7D pic.twitter.com/9R9U4ouoTm
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 2, 2018
‘Sick’! Slate shredded for ‘new low’ about what George H.W. Bush obituaries ‘largely left out’ https://t.co/2iRgH52lj0
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 3, 2018