LAUER: Even at the times where you were dealing with the worst criticism — where it must have been very difficult to hear and read some of the things that were being said by the press in this country — did you ever consider the media to be the enemy of the American people? BUSH: I considered the media to be indispensable to democracy, that we needed independent media to hold people like me to account. Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive, and it’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power.
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Date: 2017-07-03 11:59 am (UTC)BUSH: I considered the media to be indispensable to democracy, that we needed independent media to hold people like me to account. Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive, and it’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/george-w-bush-free-press-indispensable-democracy-n726141