There’s a brilliant diary over at Daily Kos that you should read. Diarist Magorn is talking about Dan Froomkin’s article on the White House Press Corps Dinner and all the tut-tut tsk-tsking about Colbert’s brillaint satire.
Events like the Dinner, and what it reveals about the incestuous, access-driven world of the Washington Media, are EXACTLY what drives us crazy about the mainstream media these days. They have incredible access to the powers that be, supposedly on our behalf. They are in a unique position to confront and challenge the Administration’s lies and law-breaking. They should be our surrogates, demanding answers from our elected leaders. Instead, they do nothing. Why? Because it might jeopardize their access. It has gone from a means to an end , to an end in and of itself. Like cigarettes in prison, it has become the currency of the powerless.
Read the whole thing.
