I think that I'm going to start posting entries like this on a regular basis, since it has a broad bearing on issues of interest to all Kossacks
The media are increasingly noticing the accelerating implosion of Bush's credibility
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/02/04/endgame_for_the_presiden
t/
Kuttner identifies the key element - the fact that Bush's scandals are starting to feed off each other and form positive feedback loops.
http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Artic
le&cid=1075763410167&call_pageid=970599119419
A similar article from Toronto's Globe and Mail
In addition, Blair now has to face his intelligence folks blaming HIM for hyping the war (not just the BBC). Sound familiar?
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=487557
This will be huge, as it will feed back on and accelerate Bush's WMD problems
The Bushies have been compelled to notice the AWOL scandal, and are responding.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/02/03/kerry_calls_on_bush_to_settle_questions_on_mil
itary_record/
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-awol3feb03,1,4035981.story?coll=la-headlines-na
tion
Now its a legitimate subject for rumination.
Finally look at Nicky Boy's NYT column today - he's discovered that the kleptocratic Bush budget is a moral outrage - as have the NYT and WP editorial boards.
The buildup of cognitive dissonance produced by all that "not noticing" of the criminal behavior of Bushies by the media has finally broken the dam - and the media sanctimony is now on the other foot.
That's today's entry - more to come as it occurs