That. a time a few years ago, we would be shocked anybody could say like like that and it would get printed in a newspaper somewhere, and don t forget, max boot is writing this for the newspaper owned by jeff bezos in washington. p and it s it really is i really don t and i wonder why, why do why do they get into the news business in the first place, if they don t believe in free speech. and why, you know, what is it that drives them, and at the end of the day it reminds me of, you know, the same reason, unfortunately, a lot of politicians get into the business, they want proximity to power, and some point you think maybe some of the people in the press should register as lobbyists. john: well, i don t think that will happen, but no, it won t. jacqui: charlie hurt, washington times opinion editor. john: happy easter.
Somewhere, or you have a small job at a newspaper somewhere, or radio station. whoever you are, as we move forward in this society that has all these new tools that we can use, if you re not connected, you fail. best example i can give you. i write about this in my book. it s called beggars in private planes. the three guys who run the biggest auto companies in the united states all decided one time they were going to go to washington. i described them as beggars. they were going to ask for money to save their companies. well, i know, and you know, because this whole twitter thing had exploded just about that same time. right. that the country was telling us telling me every day, i m sick of these rich guys who screwed up their companies, wanting me to save their butts. so there was this huge manifestation of bailout fatigue. right. out there in the country. i knew it, you knew t most people now knew it, but because they weren t connected, they