THE MEDIA IS MOST TO BLAME for this Depp/White House/Halloween story, Moe Lane writes:

I’m not all that angry at the White House for this.  I was already aware that they’re collectively a bunch of sullen teenagers over there with no sense of other people’s property and a raging case of entitlement issues.  No, what bugs me is that the media let them get away with it.  Yes, publishing a story on this would have sparked a certain amount of justified outrage.  So what?  Contrary to popular belief – and, alas, popular usage – it’s not the media’s job to keep the population from being outraged.

That used to be a feature, not a bug for the media. These days, it depends on which party is in office. Which is yet another reminder: want stricter media scrutiny of a presidential administration? Vote Republican.

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