Making the World a Better Place http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100501811_pf.html

A long Washington Post piece on "new media" includes this great tidbit about Bill Clinton:

"He said Democrats of his generation tend to be naive about new media realities. There is an expectation among Democrats that establishment old media organizations are de facto allies--and will rebut political accusations and serve as referees on new-media excesses.
"We're all that way, and I think a part of it is we grew up in the '60s and the press led us against the war and the press led us on civil rights and the press led us on Watergate," Clinton said. "Those of us of a certain age grew up with this almost unrealistic set of expectations."

This Clinton is an astute one, isn't he? We've made essentially the same argument many times--including with reference to Clinton's own recent outburst on "Fox News Sunday." The former president, used to sycophantic interviewers like David Remnick and Larry King, was unprepared for a tough question and lashed out, delivering an angry, paranoid rant.
Somehow Clinton understands that "we," his fellow liberals, are fatuous about the media but he fails to grasp that he is.