http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122039719000892745.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks"Bad, bad, bad, media -- tsk, tsk, tsk -- rants" don't go far with me. Just not something that works me into a tizzy.
In the AM with coffee and cigs, I surf the news online. The opening quotes of the WSJ essay captures what the newsies put up front on their websites. Not the exact words, names, and faces, but the gist is the same.
Part of the reason is it gives them something to do. Though McCain picking Palin is a big deal even so. And the reaction from lefties gives the newsies something to go on about. Making a mountain out of a mole hill type of thing. Maybe they're making a bigger mountain out of a big mountain etc. That sort of thing.
Anyway, I liked the essay because the author started out by showing some things reporters are saying and writing. Granted the WSJ is righty. Doesn't invalidate the evidence.
What do you think about the author's claims: 4th estate wants to be part of the vetting process and they're chapped bit time. Palin endangers entrenched power. Palin is the more authentic "change" candidate.
And the conclusion: if they lose, Palin will be a big time GOP'er in the future. Lastly, the GOP won't allow Dem attacks to go unanswered.
A busy 60 days ahead??