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To: JohnM who wrote (2325)	6/18/2003 10:30:51 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793957

Interesting sidebar on the last election. "You are what you eat." HOWARD KURTZ - WASHINGTON POST Somewhere, USA: Reviews of Margaret Carlson's book imply she blames Gore's poor press coverage on the food given to the press on the Gore plane wasn't as good as what the Bushies offered. I think I've read that part of the problem with Travelgate was when the Clintons changed travel services the Press no longer got special treatment. Is this all part of "feeding the beast?" Howard Kurtz: I don't think she blames it entirely on the food, although a poorly fed campaign press corps can turn cranky. But having ridden on both the Gore and Bush planes during the 2000 campaign, I can tell you that the attitude toward reporters -- Gore mostly ignored them, Bush catered to them -- played a role, at the margins, in the more sympathetic press the Texas governor received. I wrote this at the time, because I was never quite able to figure out how Al Gore, as a former reporter, became so distrustful of journalists. washingtonpost.com