You assume the media got in wrong by making a mistake. Trust me, most people in the media knew it was Richard Armitage who let slip Valerie Plame being Joe Wilson's wife and that she worked at the CIA. And they knew Colin Powell knew, but they wanted to damage President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Karl Rove, and as many others as possible.
"You assume the media got in wrong by making a mistake."
I assume no such thing.
I was being highly ironic.
You are correct. The scumbags knew all along about Armitage but the mystery is how they could have thought that Armitage would not eventually be exposed. For one thing, they knew that Novak knew. That's the part that makes no sense.