Actually, I think the 'spying on AP' story is a red herring perpetrated by team O. They needed to find a way out of appearing to target JUST conservatives because of 'civil rights violations' charges. I have yet to see one AP reporter named in this scandal. Provide evidence of one, like James Rosen's case, THEN I'll believe it.
While it is true that this red herring resulted in ticking off the press, it spares team O of being accused of targeting ONLY conservatives. They can now say "We didn't do this to undermine Republicans during the election to ensure Romney would lose and 0bama would win.. Heck, we spied on liberals at AP too".. Catch my drift?
If they come out and say "See we did it to the AP also" they'll be in a world of hurt.
Most people who watch the MSM do believe that the MSM are fair and balanced and say so.
Obama and the Dems cannot point at the AP saying they are the opposite of Conservative.
They would be admitting to much.