When the media thought Karl Rove was the big source, the “Deep Throat” of the 21st century (give or take some hysterical adoration), newspapers blasted breathless reports on the front page predicting doom for the media-challenged aid. When it was learned that Rove was far from being the original source and that it was in fact he who had learned of Valerie “not-a-covert-spy” Plame-Wilson from other reporters, small blurbs could be found somewhere on page A17 of most major newspapers, lodged somewhere between competing advertisements for hair growth products. Of course by Friday the media were back to dropping Rove’s...