The Washington Post, May 9th, 2006
Richard Cohen's scold piece about Stephen Colbert's performance at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner ["So Not Funny," op-ed, May 4] reminds me of the adage about the professional lady who complains about bedbugs in a brothel. The indecorous comments of a speaker pale in comparison to the rank sight of establishment reporters gussied up in black tie and gowns to share an evening of bonhomie with Washington officials they are supposed to cover. The Bush administration has done a masterful job of reducing its critics to passed-over employees, out-of-the-loop minor players, trait...
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