The Real History of the Liberal Media and George H. W. Bush

[rangerrebew]

The Real History of the Liberal Media and George H. W. Bush
By Rich Noyes | December 3, 2018 10:00 AM EST

The (mostly) kind obituaries for former President George H. W. Bush have highlighted the decency and civility that marked his long career, often as a less-than-subtle jab at the current Commander-in-Chief.

“Never a proponent of ‘kinder and gentler’ politics, Mr. Trump prefers a brawl, even with his own party,” New York Times reporter Peter Baker juxtaposed in a Saturday morning article. On that morning’s Today show, NBC’s Peter Alexander scolded: “President Trump was not always so gracious about Bush’s hope for a kinder, gentler nation.”

On that same program, ex-Newsweek editor and Bush biographer Jon Meacham praised the late President’s bi-partisanship: “His substantive legacy is one of reaching out across what was a pretty wide aisle back in 1989 to 1993.”


Source URL: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2018/12/03/real-history-liberal-media-and-george-h-w-bush

[Cyber Liberty]

Reaching across that "pretty wide aisle" was why he was a one-term President.

[skeeter]

The media were singing a different tune about Bush's civility back in 1988, when Lee Atwater ran his presidential campaign.