First Lady Laura Bush was asked on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" last night what she thinks of the media. Mrs. Bush said, "I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America. I think a lot of times, the media sensationalizes or magnifies things that really shouldn't be, different issues maybe or different opinions more than reporting. I do think there's a big move away from actual reporting, trying to report facts. And you know, it's in newspapers and everything you read that a lot more is opinion. And a lot of words...it's very, you know, I'm interested in words, I'm interested in language. I'm a librarian. I'm a big reader and I see words that are actually subjective in a lot of news accounts."

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