Four Years Ago... The Media, 'Mission Accomplished' and the Jumpsuit

The Media, 'Mission Accomplished' and the Jumpsuit
[SOURCE: Editor & Publisher]
Editor & Publisher took a look back at the May 5, 2003 edition of NBC's "Meet the Press." What were journalists saying about President Bush's landing on an aircraft carrier in a jet and climbing out in a jumpsuit under a "Mission Accomplished" banner? Host Tim Russert compared the image to video footage of Gov Michael Dukakis in a tank and asked, "Why is one perceived as real and the other as—" David Broder: It's "physical posture" and "that it has something to do with what they had done before they got to that moment. This fellow’s won a war, and Dukakis, to the best of my recollection, never did win a war." Doris Kearns Goodwin: "I think it is crazy to criticize it. I think it was a good thing he did for himself, for the country and the Democrats have plenty of other things to criticize, but it’s silly to go on about that."
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-- See also --
* The Image Bush Just Can't Escape
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050302138.html