#rsrh Media waiting for a ‘Killer Rabbit’ moment?

Hmm, could be:

“I think it’s a little too early yet for the president to be attacked by a rabbit,” cautioned a veteran Chicago Democrat wise in the ways of Obama. “But it’s close. Real close.”

This is what we here in the New Media business call a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy.’  One thing that a lot of people don’t get about the Old Media is this: individual reporters and/or editors may be partisans.  Even individual papers or organizations can be.  But the Media as a whole is… not exactly ‘nonpartisan.’  It’s more like ‘omnivorous.’  And its favorite story is The Idol With The Feet Of Clay.  Or possibly it’s the Media’s favorite meal: there’s a bit of semantic overlap there, in this context at least.

Moe Lane

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