I don't see why everyone feels the need to defend this guy.
I don't know him to defend him, this has just been a beautiful display of the mindset/current state of the MSM... they howl over a small victory such as this, flay their prey wide open, meanwhile the real news is going on, somehow!, without them.
They think they still make the news, but they don't, and haven't for a while. Look at how hard they tried with Abu Ghraib, for instance... they fussed, and huffed, and shrieked... and America replied, *snore*.