The mainstream media certainly has its problems -- problems that include a downturn in revenue and its well publicized lack of skepticism during the run-up to the Iraq invasion. Nevertheless, I still find a lot of accurate information in the plainly written newspapers that I read and believe that an institution so routinely attacked from both the left and the right must have value.

From the Media is a Plural blog comes this no-holds barred, scathing article that shows up McCain’s and Palin’s black-is-white—white-is-black strategies for what they really are. For example: “Is there a problem in Washington? Forget the fact that the Republicans have been running everything there for years —and elect a Republican ‘change agent!”’ The article’s basic theme is equally caustic: “John McChange and his lipsticked pit bull Palin are counting on the fact we as a culture have developed such a severe case of ADD that we can no longer ADD one and one and get two!” Unfortunately, corporate news media are nowhere near as honest.

That's politics folks. He's forgetting the soap opera that was the Clinton administration.