Media thinks election is about them

"An Obama loss would be disastrous for the media and political establishment."-Slate

• "An Obama loss would mean the majority of pundits, reporters, and analysts were wrong.

Pollsters would have to find a new line of work, since Obama has been ahead in all 159 polls taken in the last six weeks....

• This collective failure of elites would provide such a blast of schadenfreude that Republicans like Rush Limbaugh would be struck speechless (another historic first).

• ...It is the elephant on the campaign plane. ***

• No one is letting on.

• Journalists aren't supposed to.

Plus, we've been wrong so often, and politics can be so unpredictable, it would be dumb to say that Obama is going to win big."...

• ***(Which has to be cozy as non Kool-Aid drinkers were kicked off the campaign plane).

The rest of the article is just rapture, but the beginning is helpful. (sm) via Poynter.org/Romenesko

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