[Lazamataz]

I recall a story that AP published before the election. The Liberal reporter had several sources that "substantiated" some wild charge AP wanted to stick. One man claimed to be a Navy SEAL.AP reported his name, it was something like "Muhammad Al-Jaheir Mubak." He claimed he was a SEAL in Vietnam. It would have been comical if it was not so ridiculous.

It appears the news cycle is now this:

• Hatch a false story in the newsrooms intended to damage a Republican.
• Print or broadcast the story.
• Hope nobody in the general populace, especially internet bloggers, discovers your lie.
• Lie is discovered by internet bloggers.
• Deny lie.
• Deny lie.
• Admit lie.
• Make up new story out of whole cloth and proceed to first step.

[ovrtaxt]

That's pretty much Business as Usual for them, 'the way it always was', except for the part about bloggers discovering the lie.