WorkingForChange-A legacy of truth
“We’ve always been manipulated and managed, back to when I began with Kennedy and certainly before, but never to this extent… The secrecy in this administration has reached the highest levels. That’s never been seen before. Everybody has to be on board with this president. Nobody plays devil’s advocate… There is no search for answers in this President.”
“We are truly, truly being denied the information we should have. 9-11 gave it greater impetus. 9-11 instilled in everyone that we have to be patriotic.
“You get out of that by demanding answers: What is terrorism? What is terror? Why did the President try to kill two investigations of 9-11?… If you can’t get to the root of a problem, how can you solve it? There aren’t enough guns in the world to kill hatred.
“How can you want to be a war president? No past president, not even Eisenhower, wanted to be known as a war president.”
“He won’t call on me, and I’m in the back row now so I’m ignored… They don’t like my questions. That’s okay, just so somebody asks them, but they just don’t want me to ask questions… If I was a favored columnist, I’m sure I’d be in the front row again. But I have the prerogative of asking the questions, I do try. “I do think all of us [in the press] have laid down on the job early on [after 9-11]. Some of us are coming out of a coma. But nobody’s being challenging enough. We are adversarial, we aren’t there to worship at anybody’s shrine. We’re there for accountability.”
What, after all these years, keeps her going? “Outrage,” she promptly ssys. “And interest in the world, and knowing that I’m lucky to be alive.
“Maybe we can leave a legacy of truth.” She pauses. “Maybe.”