Actually, Jonah, the “Mark Felt as Deep Throat” offers somewhat of a perfect storm of self-importance. Listening to Woodward, Bernstein, Brokaw and Russert on Imus this morning, it occurred to me that the story has given both the main stream media and the Baby Boomer generation a chance to wax rhapsodic about their heyday. But perhaps the reason the story hasn’t resonated as much with the general populace is that the influence of these self-absorbed institutions is waning.