I’m feeling confrontational today after a night of chasing elusive software bugs in cyberspace.

Wretchard says thank you to the MSM somewhat sarcastically. That crystallizes an idea I have been pondering for a while. Why doesn’t the Bush administation ever file charges of treason against the seemingly treasonous reporting of the NYT, for example. Rumsfeld, early on, stated that disinformation and information were necessary to win this conflict. In support of his initiative to create a “Ministry of Propaganda” or some such (I don’t remember the name actually proposed) he said words to the effect that the real truth of what informational battles were being fought would only be known long after the conflict was over. Maybe, just maybe, the MSM is really on the side of light against the darkness. Maybe they are playing deep game, spreading information that the Bush administration wants spread (and selling advertising at the same time). And frankly, for most journalists, bashing the administration is not a hard sell. They wouldn’t even have to know that they were helping in the long struggle. Sometimes the most rabid fanatics are the most easily misled. Political Akido, ie, the journalists seemed most eager to attack the administration, so they were given a helping hand. They just did not go in the direction they thought.

Hmmm, I better go lie down until this mood passes.