So asks Politico’s Laura Rozen about the Washington Post’s hiring of Marc Thiessen.

Laura’s question reflects poorly on the culture of the Washington press corps. It seems that many of them have decided to be judge and jury on an issue, reacting with intolerance when anyone points out their errors. Indeed, they have become so vested in their own narrative that they simply disregard facts that contradict their theses. Marc, frankly, is brilliant, but he has a nasty habit of allowing his mastery of facts to undercut the political polemics of others.

Laura’s question also reflects a disturbing lack of introspection. After all, one could ask “What was Politico thinking?” when they hired her, given that she trades on her understanding of “Washington players” but nevertheless teamed up with Bob Dreyfuss, a once (and future?) correspondent for Lyndon LaRouche’s magazine who dedicated his first book to his colleagues in the organization. Not surprisingly, events and subsequent facts revealed most of the stories she penned with Dreyfuss to be risible conspiracies. Fortunately for Laura, however, Politico was willing to consider someone’s potential absent a partisan filter.

Congratulations, Marc!