Demythification

by Mark Gisleson

Tight schedule today, but regular readers will enjoy these two links from Jim Romensko's weblog:

Ari Berman in The Nation on the claims that al-Qaeda and Iraq were working together, and how leading news organizations buried the immediate criticism of those now rejected allegations.

Harry Jaffe writes about the WaPost's resistance to promoting the work of 70-year-old reporter Walter Pincus, who, to date, has been the most aggressive journalist working the national security beat. [The Washingtonian]

Stuart Carlson has a new cartoon (sorry, no link but you can access it through the WaPost op-ed page) showing Bush covered in what appear to be very ugly chickens. Each is labeled with the name of a problem that has come home to roost. The next few months may be interesting for media watchers as corporate news tries to deal with the de-mythification of the Bush administration.