Synergy
by digby
I realize that many Americans are busy and want to be able to trust the men and women they voted for to do the right thing and really don't want to know any more. But I've been more than a little bit surprised at journalists who feel the same way. After all, one would think they, of all people, would value the whistleblowers and the truth-tellers. And one would certainly have thought they'd have a healthy skepticism about government police power. I had always thought it was in the job description.
On the other hand, there are certain competing incentives aren't there?
This is a screen-shot of today's dead tree version of Politico:
I think that spells out the relationship between much of the beltway press and the government quite well don't you?
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