Commentary
by Eric Boehlert
It’s fitting that the foolery started right in time for Barack Obama’s inauguration.
As January 20 approached, the Beltway press corps announced the new tone and tenor it had adopted for covering the incoming Democratic administration. Suddenly obsessed with trivia, while glomming onto nitpicking, gotcha-style critiques, the press corps transformed itself from its Bush-era persona in preparation for the new administration’s traditional 100-day White House sprint.
Unfortunately, the Obama coverage has…
