http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/4090/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/bozells-column/bush-and-coke-vs-gore-and-pot <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/l-brent-bozell-iii">L. Brent Bozell III</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><span class="normal">Last August, the national media pounced on George W. Bush over swirling rumors that he used cocaine in his youth. Reporters echoed The Washington Post, which urgently suggested to Bush "We need to ask the cocaine question." Even though the Post and others searched far and wide for any hint of evidence, no witness, no accuser stepped forward. But when Newsweek magazine (the Post's corporate cousin) spiked an excerpt from its own reporter Bill Turque's biography of Gore dealing with Gore's use of marijuana, a witness did speak out.</span></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bozells-column/bush-and-coke-vs-gore-and-pot" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Bozell's Column News Analysis Division marijuana Reporters warnecke warneckes Thu, 03 Feb 2000 05:00:00 +0000 3749 at http://archive2.mrc.org