Helen Thomas - Bush Making A Mistake Not Reading Newspapers

All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.

Thomas Jefferson, relentless in his defense of the First Amendment, was fed up with the attacks on his leadership when he served as the nation's third president.

But Jefferson is remembered for saying he "would rather have newspapers without government than government without newspapers."

Bush is missing a lot by getting the news filtered by his staff. If he read a newspaper every day he would be sharing an experience with most Americans. Otherwise, he's just out of the loop.