The week in which President Carter has enjoyed his happiest headlines in months is a good time to discuss his feelings about the press, which might oth erwise seem to be merely sour grapes. The fact is that Carter thinks the press is ir responsible.
If this comes as news, it also says something about Jimmy Carter. At the close of a little-remarked-upon television interview last November, he told Public Broadcasting's Bill Moyers that his two most "unpleasant surprises" in office had been the inertia of Congress and the irresponsibility of the press.
When asked by Moyers for particulars, Carter said,...
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