Dishonest, Moronic or Both?: "Meanwhile, New York Times White House correspondent Elisabeth Bumiller has admitted that asking tough questions of the President is just too scary, and we should get off her case about allowing him to mislead America and the world: 'I think we were very deferential,' she recently explained in an interview, 'because it's frightening to stand up there. Think about it, you're standing up on prime-time live TV asking the President of the United States a question when the country's about to go to war. There was a very serious, somber tone that evening, and no one wanted to get into an argument with the President at this very serious time.' "