Base10 finds the media horde surrounding the Cheney hunting accident story mildly amusing. Why, for example, is the President accused of a cover-up when he wasn't even immediately informed about the incident? This is actually a good example of government transparency. In how many administrations would this incident have come to light at all? Would Clinton have jumped in front of a television camera and bragged that Al Gore shot somebody in the ass? (Well, maybe he would have, given their relationship). The media is apparently angry that no one personally called a reporter from the NY Times or WAPO to leak the information. It's as if the media is trying to show Cheney to be some homicidal maniac and Bush trying to cover it up. Yet another example of the diminished role of the mainmstream media.

- posted by Base10 @ 8:55 AM