The Mainstream Media Gets Chummy With the Lefty Bloggers

I saw this item at TalkLeft, one of the lefty sites I monitor just to see what the other guys are thinking, and this shouldn't surprise anyone:

Dateline Denver, 1:00 am: Anita and I just returned from a party hosted by Salon.com at a very beautiful townhouse they rented for the convention.

We had a terrific time. How was it different than past convention parties? There was much more mingling of Mainstream Media with bloggers, and not only did the MSM attendees know each and every blog, they read us and, if I can be Sally Field for the moment, they like us! ...

I had a great time talking to Jeffrey Toobin, and we reminisced about the time in 2003 when I took him to dinner at a Vegan restaurant in San Francisco with Markos of Daily Kos and his wife Elisa. Back then, Jeffrey was trying to figure out what a blog was. Now, he's reading all of us on that laptop as he's sitting on the set providing his commentary.

Boy, how many stereotypes about lefties and the mainstream media can you get into three paragraphs. The MSM likes the lefty bloggers, looks to them for ideas on their commentary, and goes to Vegan restaurants. All you need now is a photo of Chris Matthews wearing a "BusHitler" t-shirt to make the image complete.