WP: Does the media hate Howard Dean?

"Or Howard Dean built a remarkable national following on his own but was wounded by a barrage of media attacks fueled by disdainful journalists."

Which of these assessments is right is a matter of fierce debate, especially now that Dean has lost both Iowa and New Hampshire. What is clear is that he remains a media obsession whose rise and abrupt decline has been accelerated by the breakneck pace of today's news culture.

"Without question, the Washington media descended unfairly on Dean -- both because he was the front-runner and because he's leading a movement that's hostile to their insider culture," said Yale historian David Greenberg, author of the book "Nixon's Shadow." "They turned the 'scream' from an amusing if slightly weird sidelight into a four-day front-page story that may seriously damage his chances."

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