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1208
Duration: 24.62 seconds
Julian Borger: And that is a difference with America where it is beneath the dignity of the head of state -- the President -- to be grilled in such an undignified manner in Congress. So he doesn't have to face that. And without that -- Without that collision of executive and legislative, you don't have -- the sparks don't fly.

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1797
Duration: 23.06 seconds
Jim Lobe: And I was writing essentially at that time on the conflict that had broken out within the administration as to whether there should be a war waged against Iraq. And if so, how it should be waged and how it should be prepared for -- That is, do you go through the UN or, you know, "What are the ways of preparing the ground for the war? "

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1823
Duration: 23.56 seconds
Jim Lobe: The reporters look to other institutions for, in a sense, what is permissible to report and what is not -- particularly elite reporters. If it’s a matter of, say, foreign policy, the institution they look to -- for in a sense "permission" as to whether they can publish dissent -- is Congress and the opposition party in the Congress.

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1825
Duration: 29.46 seconds
Jim Lobe: "Is there a credible weight in the opposition party, a credible number of opposition party people who are raising these questions?" And if they find "Yes, there is," then they’ll begin dot connecting, and they can do that pretty efficiently. But if they find that there isn’t -- that the minority dissenting views in Congress are hardly heard -- the media will not go out on its own.

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1945
Duration: 9.21 seconds
Jim Lobe: I think Israel is a very sensitive issue in public discourse in this country -- Israel and anti-Semitism.

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1954
Duration: 23.96 seconds
Jim Lobe: So the costs can be very great, and that has an intimidating effect on public discourse. And I think neo-conservatives in particular have been very effective at making that -- making talk of that very difficult -- or the consequences very severe.

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2724
Duration: 2.84 seconds
Helen Thomas: Well, both sides don't usually agree!

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2726
Duration: 15.62 seconds
Helen Thomas: American people are much better served when they get an objective news story, and not my opinion. It's not that important. No, I think that the straight facts, and people can make up their own minds -- that's best. And usually there are two sides.

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