“A COKE AND A SMILE: As we’ve told you, the game has never been clearer. When it comes to presidential coverage, the mainstream press corps is now a Republican entity. They create “hero tales” for Republican hopefuls—and “demon tales” for the Dems. Even a mediocre Republican like Fred Thompson gets hero tales from the Post (and from Hardball). But if you’re a Dem, the rules are reversed. Al Gore has won an Oscar; been nominated for a Nobel; and has seen his brilliant film change the world’s discussion of warming. But so what? At the Post and the Times he’s still too f*cking fat. At the Post, he’s still just too annoying.”

This is a sampler from Bob Somerby’s dissection of the day — of Matthews, Milbank, Gerth.

Spend a while.