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Three separate citations to hyperanylasis of one man's pronouncation of a word doesn't show obsession? 4/5 entries in the pop culture are clear parodies of Bush's use.

You want more? Here's Slate writing a whole article questioning his pronouncation https://archive.ph/pOh8M

The Daily Show with Jon Stuart does an entire sketch mocking Bush

CNN finds it notable Bush's wife made a brief joke about her husband's pronouncation https://archive.ph/37Pzh

While addressing a later user, here's The Guardian calling the pronunciation of nuclear a "totemic touchstone in American politics" (!) and asserting only one pronunciation is correct. https://archive.ph/wip/gRcmF

I don't see how anyone can seriously argue Bush's pronunciation of "nuclear" is not one of the traits he is associated with in fictional depictions.

And again, I very much doubt that even in UK libel law there's anyone with standing to claim they are personally an unspecified "the media" or "the press", much less that they're damaged by saying they obsessed over some aspect of a major political figure.