More media professionalism

David Ignatius wrote, in his bland mea culpa for the Iraq War:

In a sense, the media were victims of their own professionalism. Because there was little criticism of the war from prominent Democrats and foreign policy analysts, journalistic rules meant we shouldn't create a debate on our own.

Even though I fundamentally disagree with this pathetic construct... let's just accept that that's the way the MSM sees it's job. Take what the Democrats say and compare and contrast it with the Republicans' description of reality.

They're not even living up to that lousy standard. Reid says the war is lost, Bush says we're winning. Instead of hashing that out, they are talking about whether it is even appropriate for Reid to state his opinion at all.

They've set the lowest possible bar of "professionalism" for themselves and still can't climb over it.

GO HARRY REID!!

Will blog later... but FINALLY somebody in Congress called for oversight. The extinction of the separation of powers is a disaster for America.

Congratulations, Harry Reid, for having the fortitude to stand up.

UPDATE 1: Gee, why didn't Reid want to consult this guy?

FRIST: Democrats have no principles. They have no convictions. They have no ideas.

UPDATE 2: Don't think Pat Roberts has been stonewalling?

UPDATE 3: Frist complains that "Democrats use scare tactics." Calling a closed session is scarier than Bush's headline for the day -- BIRD FLU? How does it compare to "proof could be in the form of a mushroom cloud?" What a joke Frist is.

UPDATE 4: It was bound to happen eventually. Andrea Mitchell said something absolutely correct. The Senate looked at the intelligence community, but never looked at the White House, the WHIG, or Rumsfeld and the Pentagon. The Executive Branch has not been held accountable at all for anything involving the Iraq war. It's about time that changed.