Dueling quotes from the same story:
"I think the press was muzzled, and I think the press self-muzzled. I'm sorry to say, but certainly television and, perhaps, to a certain extent, my station was intimidated by the administration and its foot soldiers at Fox News. And it did, in fact, put a climate of fear and self-censorship, in my view, in terms of the kind of broadcast work we did.", Christiane Amanpour, on the press and the quality of reporting (re: being rigorous in questioning) during Bush years and the Iraq war.
"Given the choice, it's better to be viewed as a foot soldier for Bush than a spokeswoman for al-Qaeda.", Irena Brigant, Fox News spokeswoman, responding to what Amanpour said above.
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