Press Takes Shots at McClellan

Crooks and Liars has the video of the press briefing on the Vice President's weekend accident. The timeline is becoming controversial—why did a private citizen give the news to the local media before the story was officially released? The optics are terrible: sure looks like a cover-up was under way and once the local press was informed the administration had no choice but to pretend that was exactly what they wanted. It's worth noting that the White House press corps might get a little agitated, but for the most part takes it in stride when they are lied to by the administration (WMD; Rove leak involvement; no wiretaps w/o warrants, etc...) but hit the roof when they aren't the first to hear the distortions. Helen Thomas aside, it's a shame they aren't as passionate about the hunt for truth as they are about their position in the media pecking order.