Patsies

I am a big fan of Garance Franke-Ruta, but I think this is funny:

If there is one thing that reporters hate, it’s being played for patsies. McClellan has publicly humiliated some of the most prominent reporters in the country by persistently feeding them information that has now been revealed to be false, and I’m pretty darn sure that they are not going to grant him any favors and extend him the benefit of the doubt in the future.

I’m glad to know that they feel huniliated by being persistently fed information that has been revealed to be false, but it certainly isn’t unprecedented. It’s not unprecedented by a long shot. In fact, they have been just such patsies for years.

I suspect that the real reason they acted up today is they have been treated like shit by George W Bush’s administration and one of their own is sitting in jail. That’s not the same thing. But I’ll take it.

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