Another media credibility hit

The Wall Street Journal injects some sanity in the Get Karl Rove media campaign.

For Mr. Rove is turning out to be the real 'whistleblower' in this whole sorry pseudo-scandal. He's the one who warned Time's Matthew Cooper and other reporters to be wary of Mr. Wilson's credibility. He's the one who told the press the truth that Mr. Wilson had been recommended for the CIA consulting gig by his wife, not by Vice President Dick Cheney as Mr. Wilson was asserting on the airwaves. In short, Mr. Rove provided important background so Americans could understand that Mr. Wilson wasn't a whistleblower but was a partisan trying to discredit the Iraq War in an election campaign. Thank you, Mr. Rove.

What the media will not look at in any detail is their participation in Joe Wilson's attempt to discredit the administration.

The media feeding frenzy is also discredited by Michael Goodwin of the New York Daily News.

In case the media missed it, their credibility is suffering badly, at home and internationally. Not that it will stop em.