I'm not forgetting that at all. I fought my local rags when they claimed the Swift Boat vets were liars without proving their claims.
My entire point is that the MSM was part of the battle over the Swifties. But with Eason Jordan, just about the entire story played out without MSM involvement. That is the major change, over just a few months since the Swifties.
The three major stories have been Rather, Jordan and Gannon. The Gannon story was interesting because the media pounced on it but then stalled, like a driver that can't decide whether to cross the intersection or not. On one hand, they could bash the Bush administration. OTOH, the natural conclusion was to thoroughly examine all reporters at WH briefings which they DON'T want.
The Bush Administration should demand a thorough exam of all WH reporters and hire Craig Livingstone to do it.
I understand your point. I guess that I just consider Jordan small potatoes compared to that story, so I see that feat as having been just as indicative of the power now. However, your revelation earlier in the thread, of the fear now apparent in the Old Mediots when they start in on the 'net is new, and I am grateful for that observation from you... (I haven't even had the ability to pipe ABCNNBCBS into my TV for over 15 years now, so I necessarily missed that) --- Now the battle is really joined, but I think it is way too late for them to recover in the face of their faltering strenghth and our increasing strenghth... They are dangerous - as the Germans were during the Battle of the Bulge - but unless they can manage something very low percentage and unexpected, they will lose their dominance.