Sunday, July 06, 2008

The Good Old Days of Journalistic Integrity

St. John McCain has set aside special, privileged seating on his campaign plane for "good" reporters who "earn it." You earn it by being an obsequious toady.

There was a time not too many years ago that any journalist would have been insulted to be told he had "earned" such seating. No exclusive interview would be worth the ridicule his peers would heap upon him for being a servile dog instead of a principled reporter.

That was then. This is now. I expect stiff competition for the suck up seats among the McCain press corps.

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