Guardian Unlimited | USA: A televisual fairyland

"You can say what you like in the US media, as long as it helps a Republican president. But slip up once while questioning him, and you will be torn to shreds. Even the most grovelling affirmations of loyalty won't help. The presenter of 60 Minutes, Dan Rather, is the man who once told his audience' 'George Bush is the president, he makes the decisions and, you know, as just one American, he wants me to line up, just tell me where.' CBS is owned by the conglomerate Viacom, whose chairman told reporters: 'We believe the election of a Republican administration is better for our company.' But for Fox News and the shockjocks syndicated by Clear Channel, Rather's faltering attempt at investigative journalism is further evidence of 'a liberal media conspiracy'."

The Guardian tells the UK readership the whole story. The divide between the US press and the European press is growing all the larger.

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