But then he said that the new system would have to pass what he called a McCann and a Dowler test – that ordinary families who feel they have a grievance against the press are treated properly.
But that's no excuse for how the press is treating Sanders and his campaign.
Unfortunately, the one that is the most worrisome is how the national press is treating him.
He used his favorite phrase, "fake news" to describe how unfairly and poorly the press is treating him.
Like clockwork, the press is treating as very big, and troubling, news the Associated Press report from Tuesday, which claims that of the non-government workers and foreign representatives Clinton met with or phoned with as secretary of state, 85 of them were Clinton donors.
In boasting that this was its first profitable year since 2001, those of us who attended its press conference were treated to graphs and charts showing the success of the Times and Sunday Times.
Fans and press in attendance were treated to a new full-length trailer for the action film, directed by Francis Lawrence, who has directed three installments for the billion dollar-grossing series.
At this E3's Nintendo press conference, we were treated to a nice little dose of Zelda music, and told there would be a sweet 25th anniversary soundtrack, as well as some traveling concerts and a free DSiWare game.
Both the N.F.L. and the N.B.A. seasons nearly weren't, after all, and, for months, instead of reading about LeBron's rehabilitation campaign, or Brady vs. Manning, we were treated to press conferences with the suits (DeMaurice Smith, Adam Silver) and balance-sheet analysis to rival Enron coverage.
