Hear, hear Kevin. The sanctimony from many liberal media quarters is really too much. Here’s The Atlantic’s Josh Green, who I think is normally a pretty reasonable guy:

But what’s galling to me–gut-wrenching, really, like watching old news footage of blacks being beaten and clubbed at lunch counters–is that Breitbart obviously understood the powerful effect his tape would have, posted it anyway, and then assumed the role of ringmaster, expertly conducting the media circus, fanning the flames. It’s hardly the first time. But the moral ugliness of what’s just happened is glaring, and it’s hard for me to see how the media can justify continuing to treat Breitbart as simply a roguish provocateur. He’s something much darker.

Really? It’s like watching blacks being beaten at lunch counters? Really? I think Green has it wrong about Andrew’s intent. But even if I’m wrong, this is crazy over the top (perhaps even by the standards of Green’s gynecological sleuthing colleague).

I think I’ve belabored my position on all this already, but I think the liberal piling on over what I do see as Breitbart’s mistake overlooks the fact that mainstream journalism’s credibility is in tatters. The same week that we learn folks over at Journolist casually debated whether to knowingly slander conservatives as racists just to send a message, we’re told Breitbart’s behavior is as morally ugly to behold as beating blacks at lunch counters? Come on. Instead of this kind of sanctimony, liberal journalists might actual try asking themselves how much responsibility they have for creating the climate we have now. Conservative media hardball is hardly unprovoked.