Brit Hume asked W how he got his news. His response:

'I glance at the headlines just to kind of a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably [sic] read the news themselves. ...You know, look, I have great respect for the media. I mean, our society is a good, solid democracy because of a good, solid media. But I also understand that a lot of times there's opinions mixed in with news.'"