Journalism's Bad Week ...

Further proof that Washington journalists are crap ...

» The NYT on Hillary's "power lunches" ...

The three dine together once or twice a year, with each taking a turn at picking up the check. (Mrs. Clinton, who had the $56 Dover sole, paid yesterday, so the White House consultation did come at a price, something north of $250.)

Page B1 of the New York Times for those of you keeping score at home.

» AP's ghoulish headline as Sen. Tim Johnson is in the hospital:

"Senate Back to 50-50 With Johnson Out"

Likewise, Tom Daschle was asked after visiting his friend in the hospital whether Johnson should resign his seat. Add that to the plethora of stories that contain the phrase "If the Senator dies ..." to the pile of crap that somehow counts for modern journalism. Noel Shepherd has more @ Newsbusters - ironically a site meant to expose liberal media bias. Yeah, nevermind that whole Brian Williams rating-grab lead-in that anxiously begs for a dead body to be added in the mix. Fear not, though. Shepherd has gone back to exposing liberal bias on the one show that really is the source of all Democratic political intel ... The View. Keep fighting the good fight, Noel.

» Jeff Greenfield defends his "joke" comparing Barack Obama to Iranian President Ahmadinejad ...

A piece I did for "The Situation Room" -- a piece I thought an obvious, patently absurd parody of muddled political thinking -- engendered howls of outrage from elements of the blogosphere, where it was assumed I actually meant to tie Sen. Barack Obama with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. And therein lies a tale.

My starting point was the way Obama prefers to dress: a jacket, collared shirt, no tie -- a kind of "business casual" look.

Hmmm ... wonder why it is he thinks this should have just been a joke and yet I don't recall anything comparable with Bush & Hitler comparisons on the show. Oh right, when you pull this with a Dem, it's a joke. Because we're supposed to be all chummy with the media. But to do it with a Republican would invite nasty emails and phone calls and that, of course, would have to be taken "seriously." Consider Jeff Greenfield one "referee" who has been properly "gamed." Then again, while we're at it, let's consider any reference to Greenfield as a "Senior Analyst" to be the joke we were supposed to laugh at all along.