Out of My Mind

[T]he Poynter Institute's Aly Colon tells the Sun Herald that having government agents pose as reporters undermines the public's trust in journalism. "It creates, at the least, some confusion in the public's minds," Colon says. "The key to journalism is credibility. So what the public wants to be able to do is trust people and organizations who represent themselves as part of the journalistic community."

(As quoted in Salon's WarRoom.)

Well, one would almost think Big Media's Washington courtiers are either past that point or fully know what thay're doing and don't care, that thay are as corrupted and co-opted as the politico-whores they cover or whatever.