Why is it that the liberal pundits say that the media is controlled and in lock-step with the conservatives, and the conservatives say the media has a liberal slant? Isn't it true that both can't be right, but both CAN be wrong?
I say that the media is lazy and driven by profits, so whichever way the public sentiment is turning (concerned-now that the war is a bust, jingoistic-right after 9/11, etc...) is the way they're happy to go.
You'll notice that the media didn't start pushing the Bush administration until the poll numbers starting heading into the crapper...