hence, the term, "Karaoke Journalists". 
What gets me is how the driveby media is so eager to take up these talking points without even thinking about them. I'm convinced (as I'm sure all of you reading here are, too) that the DNC and Obama campaign faxes and emails these talking points directly to the media, who hurriedly read them over their cornflakes or have them read to them as their makeup tech works on them, and then immediately report the talking points breathlessly, as if their “journalists” and “field investigators” thought them up on their own.
I believe Rush had a delightful montage of the media the day after Cheney was picked as George W's running mate back in 2000--with the word "gravitas" used by each and every one of ALL the talking heads in the television media. I mean this was all in the span of about 4 hours. To say that talking points aren't faxed/emailed from the DNC directly to the driveby's is an insult to anyone's intelligence.
Still, it is my opinion that the modern "journalist" isn't very intelligent (if so, they would have picked a more lucrative profession--top driveby media stars are the exception, not the rule); and lazy. They are also extremely vain so calling them on their bias, especially with proof as Rush did back in 2000, actually devastates them. Their mindview of themselves is that they are pure reformers with hearts of gold that battle the forces of evil on a daily basis. When shown the true light of their vain, stupid, biased, dem-talking-point-speaking selves, they recoil, stunned, back into their hellholes. In other words, they have to back off.
WE, as the new media can never give up nor back down ever. We MUST keep exposing them for what they are: arrogant ignoramuses who are simply tools for the Left.
Don’t forget Rather’s producer, (I forget her name) who called the Kerry campaign to see what they had on the Bush NAG story.
I hope the good folks in Wasilla know that there will be a parade of “journalists” , trying to get ANYTHING that can be twisted and repeated , ‘til it grows legs
{{ gosh !!! maybe Gov. Palin used an expletive }}
meanwhile , Sir Edmund Hillary Clinton swears like a longshoreman
According to dims/DBM, the pubbies are the ones who send out talking points. That just shows me who really does it.
I’ve been astonished recently by the amounts paid to local talk show hosts on the radio.
Example: One man in Dallas (who lost his gig because of drug addiction) was part of a 3-man sports show during drive time and was making $500,000 a year before he was fired. I was totally floored. I’ve since found out that this kind of salary (and more) is not uncommon for popular radio hosts even locally.
Newspapers, though, is another story altogether.
hence, the term, "Karaoke Journalists".