Rep. Anthony Weiner is known as a ferocious camera hog and relentless self-promoter — the spiritual son and heir of his mentor, Sen. Chuck Schumer. So his pathetic press appearances in the matter of Weinergate come as something of a puzzlement to veteran Weiner-watchers.

There’s no doubt that the stenographic MSM is just dying to believe his assertion that his Twitter account got hacked and that a p.o.v. photograph of his nether regions unaccountably wound up in the in-box of a college girl near Seattle. But he’s making it tough for them.

Which is why he needs to call in a professional: Billy Flynn, who knew how to get the media of his day to dance to his tune.

Ladies and gents, the best illustration of the press corps’ low-risk herd mentality ever put on stage or film, courtesy of Kander and Ebb:

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