A Measurable Improvement?

That was then:

I glance at the headlines just to kind of [get] a flavor of what's moving. I rarely read the stories...

I have great respect for the media. I mean, our society is a good, solid democracy because of a good, solid media. But I also understand that a lot of times there's opinions mixed in with news.

I appreciate people's opinions, but I'm more interested in news. And the best way to get the news is from objective sources. And the most objective sources I have are people on my staff who tell me what's happening in the world.

-George W. Bush, interview with Brit Hume of Fox News, October 17, 2003

This is now:

"I hear the voices and I read the front page and I know the speculation," the president told reporters in the Rose Garden. "But I'm the decider and I decide what's best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense."

-George W. Bush, quoted by AP, April 18, 2006

Now that's front page news. What'll he start reading next, I wonder. The sports page? Maybe the funnies?