According to the LA Times, Justice Clarence Thomas “expressed disdain for the news media several times” during an interview with Business Week.*

“One of the reasons I don’t do media interviews is, in the past, the media often has its own script,” he said. “The media, unfortunately, have been universally untrustworthy because they have their own notions of what I should think or I should do.”

One of the great things about new media is an increased willingness to show its work in the form of interview transcripts. NRO does it today with this interview with John McCain, which Ramesh Ponnuru conducted for the cover story in the latest issue. The Politico also posted the transcript of an interview with Mitt Romney, which it conducted for a broader piece about his campaign.

I’d like to see the LA Times post the transcript of this interview. You get the feeling reading the piece that a lot of important stuff hit the cutting-room floor.

* CORRECTION: Thomas did the interview with Business Week, not the LA Times. The transcript is available here. Matthew J. Franck of NRO’s Bench Memos has some observations about the interview here.