Reality check

Matthew Yglesias with a little criticism of Josh Marshall:

I must say that I find Josh's apparent faith that the fact that the facts prove Bush to be totally wrong about Al Qaqaa and Kerry to be totally right will somehow affect the media coverage of the campaign to be somewhat naive. The only news that really affects the campaign at this late date is the coverage provided by the Associated Press that runs in the local papers in the battleground states, and today's AP article, in typical fashion, gives no sense of the accuracy of various claims and counterclaims being made about anything. As we know from PIPA, the majority of Bush supporters have managed to somehow not discover the most elementary facts about the past four years, such as that Iraq did not have advanced WMD programs. The notion that the press is somehow going to suddenly start jamming minor things like accurate information into their heads is sadly out-of-touch with the realities of the current media and political climate.