That article is huge.

Thanks for pointing it out.

Have there been any other diaries about the role of cozy connections with big media in the rise of authoritarian leaders in democratic countries?  (I recall a lot of discussion about Putin and the media, and of course there is Fran's Murdoch alert.  Fox News is too obvious, but I don't recall any diaries on Bush's connections -- direct or indirect -- to the media.)

So perhaps there's some sense of shame at Le Monde? Some wish to fight, on the part of some of the journalists?

Even if the journalists wish to fight, isn't it the editors who ultimately make the decisions on what gets published?

Bush is too stupid to be able to ACT that stupid.