Variety: Are journalists missing in action?

I used to read all those cover stories in business magazines heralding the genius of Kenneth Lay and Dennis Koslowski, but missed the pieces advising investors that they also happened to be crooks.

More urgently, while I read accounts during the election campaign describing George W. Bush as a calm, middle-of-the-road conservative and consensus builder, I somehow missed those stories suggesting that he would be the most radical right-wing president in American history.

The press kept telling me what a great guy W was, so why has Mr. Nice Guy alienated every ally in the world?

Notice, the most common word describing the new Bush presidency was "centrist." Well, if George W. Bush is a centrist, then Attila the Hun was a dangerous lefty.

Of course, that is just Hollywood.