Many people believe the press failed to do its job in the run up to the Iraq war. Has Beltway reporting changed as a result?I am not sure what you mean by “Beltway reporting.”Do you mean the New York Times reporting that exposed the Justice Department’s wireless wiretapping?
The Washington Post reporting that exposed the poor conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center?
Or do you mean the reporting done by Pentagon reporters from the frontlines in Iraq and Afghanistan?
I continue to maintain that, on balance, reporters tell us more than we would otherwise know, and that the breadth and importance of the stories we break, easily outnumber the ones we miss.