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Maureen Dowd is a columnist, not a news reporter. So her dislike of Clinton is as within the boundaries of acceptable journalism as Conason's equally pro-Clinton piece here (or Paglia's anti-Clinton article a few clicks away.)
The "Media hate the Clintons" spin, also the subject of Conason and Gene Lyon's THE HUNTING OF THE PRESIDENT, is real. But it's also often overblown, and it gets trotted out as a defense by the Clinton camp (of which I would consider Conason a member) to get out the faithful every time their political viability gets called into question.
Go look at Dubya's post-NH coverage in 2000. Or go as far back as Eugene McCarthy and LBJ. When the candidate deemed inevitable -- this is a favorable thing for the press to continually say this about Clinton, mind you -- is suddenly derailed by a bad primary or caucus, the same rush to judgment always happens. Individual pundits will say dumb things, but there was nothing different about Clinton's coverage in NH this time 'round.
"Its funner to to yell conspiracy then to actually think, it brings you much more attention from your peers and sub-peers, and its much easier than thinking. Just like the pundits. Just like the right wing bloggers."
Ahem.
Just like the people who see the mainstream media as hating Clinton more than any other stumbled frontrunner?
The lack of perspective these days, particularly here at Salon, is depressing.
