All in all, I like Politico's list of the Top Ten Media Blunders of 2008, by staff writer Michael Calderone, appearing on the website this evening. How can you be too tough on a list that includes, among other faux pas:

• MSNBC's use of Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as election night and convention co-anchors;
• The New York Times's suggestive but unsubstantiated story about John McCain and lobbyist Vikki Iseman; and
• The MSM's lack of curiosity despite the National Enquirer's solid reporting on the John Edwards affair?

But no story about a list would be complete without some beefing and second-guessing, and I have some.  Here's blunder #6 on the Politico list [emphasis added]: