DEAN GETS IT

NEWSMAKER: HOWARD DEAN

June 22, 2005

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june05/dean_6-22.html

GWEN IFILL: To what degree does it become an example of your giving them a bat to beat you over the head? If you know that they're watching you, if you know they're going to pounce on every word, why give them something?
HOWARD DEAN: They're going to pounce on every word anyway. They're going to make stuff up and the press is going to write it because it's good columns. That's essentially what they do. I don't say they make up quotes and put them in the paper. What they do is they put stuff together, take it out of context and then make personal attacks.