When that, too, ended in defeat, Ike sympathized to some extent with Nixon's last press-conference denunciation of the media ("You won't have Nixon to kick around any more").
The state media has been awash in denunciation of dangerous rumors, and earlier Tuesday, as Josh Chin points out, Chinese Web sites had vowed to "resolutely support and work with relevant government departments" in fighting their spread.
That's why the media keeps up its Orwellian denunciation of elected union leaders as "bosses" and "barons", while company bosses are described as "business leaders" – and why every strike is treated as tantamount to high treason.
On Friday, Mr. Berlusconi's holding company, Fininvest, announced that it would sue The Economist, after the British magazine published a searing denunciation of the media tycoon's past business practices and current conflicts of interest.
Some of you may be aware of the row between Elton John and gay Italian fashion designers, Dolce & Gabbana – the former calling for a boycott, and sparking a social media campaign, after Domenico Dolce's denunciation of IVF and "chemical children, synthetic babies".
True, David Letterman's awkward joke about a daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska prompted denunciations of the "media elite" (though it also boosted Mr. Letterman's ratings).
In 2009, Maxima prompted a nationwide media sensation — as well as denunciations by politicians and protests by F.P.I. hard-liners — by announcing its plan to work with Maria Ozawa, a Japanese sex-film star.
He is determined never to face this charge in a courtroom, preferring to fire off denials and denunciations through the media, and the interview seemed to give him a platform to grandstand.
Colbert's denunciation of the mainstream media follows Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy's impassioned speech criticizing the lack of coverage of the war in Afghanistan.
