I received a boat-load (very small boat) of email about me moaning about political blogs. So just to redress the balance, the mainstream media is crap too. Bah Humbug.
As an example, I always had a feeling that Wall Street Journal opinion pieces were written by cub hacks, or even cub scouts, rather than the editor. Its an otherwise excellent newspaper, ruined by painting by numbers editorial.
As Josh Marshall points out, today’s is a particularly side-splitting classic of obsequious, foppish garbage, worthy of the court of Louis XVI:
“Wall Street Journal headline: “‘Karl Rove, Whistleblower.'”
Translation: Rove told the truth, shower him with medals, everyone else has no integrity and is wrong.
Marshall:
“… can you blame them? Most of the kids there want White House jobs or other GOP-based promotions.”