The rebellion of the talking heads

Slate's editor has a nice report on the mainstream media's turning on the governments for which it usually serves as lapdog.

They're all missing the main point, which is that thousands died because they put their faith in government rather than take their lives into their own hands or, in the case of the sick and infirm, into the hands of someone who cares.

But at least they're recognizing the massive failure of government to react to the disaster in New Orleans. When private industry can deploy reporters and communications equipment within hours, it's clear that deploying humanitarian aid that quickly was not impossible.

Meanwhile, NBC wusses out by apologizing for Kanye West's departure from the script to ask WTF was going on.