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Joe Scarborough: And you are right, it is, and you talk about the press. We have heard continued complaints about how the press is on a…

On the recordOctober 11, 1998
And you are right, it is, and you talk about the press. We have heard continued complaints about how the press is on a witch-hunt and that they are absolutely enraged that over 115 or over 120 newspapers have called for the President's resignation, and these are independent newspapers. The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Atlanta Constitution are not conservative journalists by any stretch of the imagination, but they have attacked the press as being on a witch-hunt, and the question is, I guess for a conservative, is why would the New York Times, why would the Washington Post, why would other newspapers question this President in the way they have? Why would newspapers like the Chicago Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Atlanta Constitution, call for his resignation? And I think what you have to come to a conclusion is that there are some people that take their job very seriously, and they have integrity, and that is the decision, the journalistic decision that they have come to, and yet they get attacked just like Ken Starr gets attacked, just like anybody that has ever sort of been caught in the President's headlights gets savagely attacked. I read a news article about a former Miss America in fear for her life and her family's life, and we have seen the hit squads that are out there, and it is just regrettable.
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Joe Scarborough
Florida

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Discussing media criticism and calls for the President's resignation during a floor speech.

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