The Special Universe of the Media

There are good reporters out there but one of the problems of the last fifteen years is a media that often doesn't hear itself when it says things that show it isn't paying attention. Politicians apologize but it is rare to hear journalists do so.

Kagro X of Daily Kos heard an exchange of reporters while sitting in on the Libby trial:

The discussion among the reporters present that day was of Joe Biden's Obama flub. It was generally agreed that the statements were an embarrassment. ...

One reporter, with not even the slightest hint of irony, turns to the others, declares Biden's candidacy as good as dead, and then says, essentially: Who's gonna vote for him? He just runs around saying dumb stuff. Who wants to vote for a president who's just gonna say dumb stuff for four years?

That ladies and gentlemen speaks volumes in year seven of the George W. Bush presidency.