Salon's Coverage Of The MSM's Coverage of the Downing Street Memo

Salon.com News | Bush lied about war? Nope, no news there!

Salon basically comes to the conclusion that the media has begun to go soft on the Bush administration because they have been so harsh with anyone who puts out a negative piece. Considering I work in a job where lots and lots of people are taking aim at the stuff I put out, I think I understand the Bush administration's tact. What I don't know is exactly how much access a daily reporter needs... does it make that big a difference if you can get a 30 minute canned interview? Is that real reporting? I just have no idea about the journalism world.