the shock of the .......

...completely obvious & expected.
does any revelation of past misdeeds from BushCo. even garner more than a mild 'harrumph' anymore. the political blogs are all abuzz this morning with reports on this article from todays NYT.

"A new New York Times article reveals that the Pentagon has wooed military analysts with private briefings and access to classified information “in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance.” Most of these analysts have ties to contractors who are “vested in the very war policies they are asked to assess on air,” and many admit that they suppressed doubts about the administration’s misinformation out of fear of jeopardizing their access or contracts."

These analysts were also instructed to not “quote their briefers directly or otherwise describe their contacts with the Pentagon.”

(via thinkprogress)

didn't we all suspect this long ago? & more importantly, won't it all be forgotten tomorrow when the next 'BitterGate' or Flag Pin Controversy gets churned up by the MSM & their Corporate Fathers.
& most importantly & demoralizing is that BushCo. will skate away scot free as usual.

UPDATE: Glenn has a great post (as per usual) up on the subject.

"At the same time, though, in light of questions on this very topic raised even by the NYT back in 2003, it is difficult to take the article's underlying points seriously as though they are some kind of new revelation. And ultimately, to the extent there are new revelations here, they are a far greater indictment of our leading news organizations than the government officials on whom it focuses."