Tony Is Starting to Have an Impact

Although Tony Snow has kept a pretty low profile on this his first week as press secretary (he's still sharing some of the duties with outgoing Scott McClelland), Tony's already starting to make an impact (from Special Report):

In a sign of new White House Press Secretary Tony Snow's more aggressive approach, the White House has issued three e-mails challenging mainstream media reporting on Medicare and the economy.

The White House singles out CBS News for what it calls a "misleading Medicare report" claiming that just eight million seniors have signed up for prescription drug coverage, when 37 million beneficiaries — or almost 90 percent of eligible seniors — are enrolled in the plan or have other sources of coverage.

The press office also takes issue with USA Today's reporting on the drug plan and accuses The New York Times of reporting that fixed costs are "rapidly outpacing" paychecks and benefits, while ignoring positive news on America's economic progress.

It's good to see the White House aggressively defending itself and correcting erroneous information from the press. I hope he keeps it up. It might make the press resort to desperate measures - like fact-checking.