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From "The New York Times"
It’s tough to get President Bush to admit he made a mistake, as most reporters in Washington know. Not so Mr. Bush’s press secretary, Tony Snow.
Mr. Snow made a very public apology today to David Gregory, the NBC reporter, whose testy exchange with the press secretary last week was the talk of blogs on the left and the right. Mr. Gregory had asked Mr. Snow whether the bipartisan Iraq Study Group report represented “a rejection’’ of the president’s handling of the war. Mr. Snow shot back that Mr. Gregory was “trying to frame it in a partisan way’’ in asking the question.
On Thursday, Mr. Gregory – the Sam Donaldson of his day – was back in the briefing room, with another question about Iraq. Before answering, Mr. Snow offered his lengthy mea culpa:
“I want to address something else, because you and I had a conversation last week that got a whole lot of play in a lot of places where I used the term “partisan” in describing one of your questions. And I’ve thought a lot about that, and I was wrong.
“So I want to apologize and tell you I’m sorry for it,’’ Mr. Snow went on. “And the reason I do that is not only because it’s the right thing to do, because I want people in this room and also people who watch these to understand that the relations in this room are professional and collegial. And if I expect you to do right by us, you have every right to expect that I’ll do right by you.
“So, in any event, I just want to say I’m sorry for that.’’
Mr. Gregory, for perhaps the first time, was nearly speechless. He uttered a simple, quiet thank you – so quiet that the official transcript of the session makes no note of a reply.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/a-snow-apology/It’s tough to get President Bush to admit he made a mistake, as most reporters in Washington know. Not so Mr. Bush’s press secretary, Tony Snow.
Mr. Snow made a very public apology today to David Gregory, the NBC reporter, whose testy exchange with the press secretary last week was the talk of blogs on the left and the right. Mr. Gregory had asked Mr. Snow whether the bipartisan Iraq Study Group report represented “a rejection’’ of the president’s handling of the war. Mr. Snow shot back that Mr. Gregory was “trying to frame it in a partisan way’’ in asking the question.
On Thursday, Mr. Gregory – the Sam Donaldson of his day – was back in the briefing room, with another question about Iraq. Before answering, Mr. Snow offered his lengthy mea culpa:
“I want to address something else, because you and I had a conversation last week that got a whole lot of play in a lot of places where I used the term “partisan” in describing one of your questions. And I’ve thought a lot about that, and I was wrong.
“So I want to apologize and tell you I’m sorry for it,’’ Mr. Snow went on. “And the reason I do that is not only because it’s the right thing to do, because I want people in this room and also people who watch these to understand that the relations in this room are professional and collegial. And if I expect you to do right by us, you have every right to expect that I’ll do right by you.
“So, in any event, I just want to say I’m sorry for that.’’
Mr. Gregory, for perhaps the first time, was nearly speechless. He uttered a simple, quiet thank you – so quiet that the official transcript of the session makes no note of a reply.
Now, let's all hold our breath and wait for FOX News and Bill O'Reilly to apologize.
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Of course. The CONSERVATIVE Media watchdog groups call him the most straight-down the middle reporter but of course he's "Liberal." Perhaps he's not Pro-Bush and that's the problem, along with 70% of our country.
leaseprovidelink: or 
of himself?
