Protected Persons

Josh Marshall quickly says what needs to be said about the press and the latest non-scandals:

Here are a few very good examples of an ignored fact: the problems at the Times (and, for that matter, the Post and a slew of other papers) aren't new. They just started treading on what we might call, well, protected persons.

And Joe Lelyveld, who shows nothing but contempt for the truth, is back in charge.