Tony is much too generous. There is great malice from the left. There may have been no animosity when Republicans were the 40 year long minority, happy to go the the right parties and stay in the minority. Today, animosity is the left's modus operandi.
Of course, I never even heard that Tony Snow won this award, much less the content of his speech.
Teddy Roosevelt said, "it is not the critic who counts," but journalism is nothing but criticism. "The man who is actually in the arena" tries to win credit by running businesses or the military or the police; journalists simply second guess to deny them their due. And they give positive labels ("progressive" or "liberal" or "moderate") to politicians and activists who agree with (are part of) the critic's agenda.It is not necessary to have a tin foil hat to discern that journalism does have an animus against the right. They are natural antagoinists.