But the powerful protect each other and it is doubtful that you will see any criticism of this double date in the elite media. Now, there is nothing wrong with journalists meeting with public servants in a social setting. In order to see them up close and personal, having a meal with someone you cover is perfectly fine. But yucking it up in house seats at a Broadway theater is not fine. And schmoozing out in the Hamptons is not fine and barbecuing in Georgetown or Malibu is over the line.
Many journalists just love to hang out with the powerful they love it.
And that's why coverage, especially on television news is often soft. Talking Points would have heckled Alan Greenspan and his wife, had Points seen them in the theater. This stuff has got to stop. Journalists are supposed to be looking out for the American people and right now many of them are not. And that's the memo.