Painful lack of self awareness by MSM and left wing nuttosphere.

Perusing the MSM and their followers at places such as the Huffington post, I've been struck by how out of touch they are with their current position in the information food pyramid. The posts at the Huffpo are incredibly hilarious as they scream "New NY Times piece exposes Palin/McCain lies/hypocrisy/ignorance/etc. ", with the hope that this will change the current dynamic of the race. Similarly, the Op ed writers of the Times and the Washington Post soberly report half truths or outright distortions of Palin or McCain positions as proof that these two are too stupid or evil to lead this country. What both groups are painfully unaware of is how little the big mainline news and opinion organs matter to the electorate at large. After two presidential elections where a major news organization tried to derail the same candidate with an October surprise and the last year and a half of the media doing everything in their power to elect Barack Obama, the public had serious doubts about the MSM. Add to this the media's unloading all barrels onto Palin and the final nail in the coffin of the MSM's credibility was driven home. Herbert, Rich, Dowd, Warner, Dionne, Cohen, et al and their parent news divisions simply don't drive the narrative as they might have in the past and have no awareness of this fact. They are speaking only into the echo chamber of the left wing nuttosphere. I only read them currently for entertainment value. Its fascinating to see them try to make heads or tails of the Palin phenomenom and while making fun of her confirm for me how out of it they are.