The closest answer I've seen so far is Zell's attitude toward chris matthews. He treated chris like a child, threw comments back into his face, threatened to cancel the interview, and of course, alluded to challenging tweety bird to a duel. Bob Dole displayed a similar vim and vigor in defending his comments about kerry "not bleeding" for his purple hearts. Still, these men are in the twilight of their careers. I don't see many politicians daring to fight back this way against the media.
Zell did a masterful job with Matthews. But if Kerry goes down in flames the media isn't going to invite critics on their sets. No, I think the networks to be sent a message. Mailing them each one flip-flop maybe, or purple-heart band-aids or a waffle...something to let them know we recognize them as part of the Kerry team!