There is one thing I will concede regarding the media - I have never felt comfortable with events like the White House Corespondents Dinner. If the press is supposed to be neutral and objective, having events hosted by the White House seems odd to me. Seems like the foxes guarding the hen house. Too chummy. That doesn't mean I endorse open hostility upon the free press and freedom of speech, something that I do feel is taking place right now.

But I don't think the media and the government need to be too close either. It destroys objectivity.