Mediating Obama 2.0

Washington reporters have surprisingly elongated necks, capped by heads that are both hard and difficult to evade. The latest proof came last week, when the techno-savants of Obamaland joined the long list of White House occupants who have tried to “go over the heads” of the press and speak “directly” to the American people – only to run smack into the foreheads of what used to be called the Eastern Media Elite.