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"I mean, I think a lot of navel-gazing media analysts like to worry about this coziness issue. I think the reporters who cover a lot of the sources who turn up at the White House Correspondents' Dinner are, you know, quite tough on them afterwards. And a lot of, let's say, Bush officials have been at that event, and I don't think the press has been particularly easy on the Bush White House. So, you know, I think you kind of overestimate what those kinds of events do."--Nina Easton, Washington bureau chief for Fortune magazine and an analyst on Fox News, on "On The Media."
Brian Montopoli
Brian Montopoli is the national reporter and political analyst for CBSNews.com.