And the problem may be laziness. Well, the media today looks as much like that as Bob Woodward looks like Robert Redford. If Monicagate taught us anything, it's that when the media gets frenzied they feed off nothing more than spin, repeating it and making it credible. But Democratic strategist Steve Rabinowitz defends reporters, whom he says are anything-but vacuum cleaners. The whole concept of spin has been talked about too much.
Reporters are more cynical than ever.
Outgoing Clinton spindoctor Paul Begala peeks over a telephoto lens during Feb. 19 press conference. Newsweek had Monica ready to run back in January 1998, but decided to wait a week to dig deeper and verify and the Drudge Report made them look silly. But when those websites and news networks start screaming tabloid headlines, the big boys usually get around their reservations by reporting that several news sources are reporting tabloid headlines. It's media cheating at its worst. Look for E2K to follow the same pattern.