The Anchoress gets it right, as usual:

How about if the Harry Reid (D- Phoney) story was about, ummmmm….Bill Frist (R - Snoresville), the second most boring Republican after George Pataki (R - RigorMortis)…do you think the press would then be reporting on the details of his land deals and wondering if his son was sitting on zoning boards while Frist was making his deals?

DingDingDING! We have a winner, let the sharkfeeding begin.

Honestly. Let’s be truthful, here. If Sandy Berger (D - PaperSox) worked for anyone with an R after his name, and destroyed documents spirited out of the National Archives via his pants…do you really think the press would have immediately yawned and put that story to bed?

There are many good people working in the mainstream media. But let’s not kid ourselves that we have a free and unencumbered press in this country. The press is not free and they are very encumbered…and they have sadly caged themselves by choice.

Update: The Washington Post proves the Anchoress's point.