a little OT: TPM on the Washington press corps

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http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/01/dc_still_a_repu.php

January 2, Josh Marshall ... not specifically about Kerry, but clarified for me the source of some of the frustrations I've had with his 2004 media coverage onward. .

Like many others, I've been saying this for years. So I'm surprised to be surprised. But the journalistic establishment in Washington, whether it's the Post or the Politico or much of the rest of the journalistic apparatus in the city, is essentially Republican in character -- not necessarily in terms of individual voting habits, though you'd be surprised, but in fundamental outlook about whose opinions matter and how government functions, which is what really counts. And you can see that resurfacing with increasing clarity just in that last week.

The above comments seem to be a kind of PS to his preceding story, quoting a WaPo story, "Obama's Team Rankles the Right: to some conservatives, advisers are alarmingly liberal. ." (!!!) See http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/01/thats_quite_a_p.php