Little can I add to Justin's post in reply to your ?'s. (Except, Justin slow down on the typing, schoolmarm me has to correct your cite of Wolfe, it's Bertram. I've got a copy of his autobiography, "A Life In Two Centuries, " laying somewhere in this mess. Fascinating stories on everyone from Stalin to F. Kahlo.
On the Liberal Media Shtick. William Kristol admitted a few years ago that this was a canard. I'm sure Seth Ackerman has the exact words handy. No need here it is. http://home.att.net/~Resurgence/L-liberalmedia.htm , "William Kristol also reveals another reason: "I admit it: the liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an excuse by conservatives for conservative failures." (1) Both quoted by Norman Solomon, "Politics: What is Disinformation?" San Francisco Bay Guardian, August 8, 1996.
See www.sfbg.com
Michael Pugliese