This is about the most depressing thing I've ever read. Worse, I don't know who to blame (well, save Bush and Cheney). I often hear folks cite the American people's enduring belief that Saddam Hussein personally piloted a 747 into the North Tower on 9/11 as a media failure, but save collectively deciding on a week where every magazine would emblazon its cover with "YOU! DUMBASS! SADDAM HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!" it's not really clear to me what the media could have done. The media often did call BS in context. And the Democratic candidates, for their part, actually did their best:
When the President wants to mislead the American people, it's not terribly clear to me how you stop him.
