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STORY OF THE DAY

TIm Grieve War Room at Salon

The president, on message:

For a guy who claims not to read newspapers -- or at least not much -- George W. Bush sure seems to have a strong view about what ought to be in them. When Bush tried to sidestep questions today about the New York Times' report on his secret spying program, PBS's Jim Lehrer protested that the story is on "the front page of the New York Times, the Washington Post, every newspaper in America today, and it's ... it's the main story of the day." Bush cut him off and said: "It's not the main story of the day ... The main story of the day is the Iraqi election."

He will think again about going out there with these uncontrolled news interviews. They ask real questions outside the bubble.