This is good shit.

And then there's war, which reduced so much of the media to flag-waving courtiers. If the media has learned that a bugle blast can be sounded by a fool, that not every war the United States launches is wise or necessary, and that self-righteousness is not an argument, maybe something can be salvaged from this sorry chapter after all.

Hind sight is always 20 - 20. If he wrote this in 2003 I would be impressed.

I bet hindsight is rarely 20/20. I think what we call hindsight is often the process of the politically-acceptable formulation of history becoming concrete in peoples' minds.

In any case, I would rather it were written in 2010 than not at all.

Funny you mention 2003, though. I spent a good chunk of my morning on this, linked to in the original article as the 'infamous Bush press conference on March 6, 2003'...

If a sure loser emerged from that evening assembly, it was the White House press corps. Scathing commentary followed. New York Press contributing writer Matt Taibbi likened the press conference to 'a mini-Alamo for American journalism, a final announcement that the press no longer performs anything akin to a real function.'

Great Article. It is all spin. But at least refeshing that they admit that they fell down. Our leaders can't do that much.