Kurtz On The Obama Sycophanticism in the Press

In this morning's edition, the Washington Post's media critic Howard Kurtz has a wonderfully disturbing piece on the media's love affair with President-Elect Obama. Disturbing, that is, if you believe that it's not the media place to be cheerleading a particular politician or party.

For the sake of my sanity, I'll suggest that you read the piece for yourself. I'll only provide you with Kurtz's closing, which is excellent:

There is always a level of excitement when a new president is coming to town -- new aides to profile, new policies to dissect, new family members to follow. But can anyone imagine this kind of media frenzy if John McCain had managed to win?

Obama's days of walking on water won't last indefinitely. His chroniclers will need a new story line. And sometime after Jan. 20, they will wade back into reality.

Heh...