Define "Mainstream Media"...

I read an article this morning on CNN.com written by Lou Dobbs, and I just can't help myself:

"I'm just glad the so-called experts in the national media were wrong about their premature assumptions...At this point, all of the geniuses in the mainstream media, mainly in television news, need to summon the courage to tell their audiences that there are a few important issues to be discussed and a few important facts to be collected before permitting a public coronation of any candidate..."

Though I agree with the notion that the media needs to step back and reserve judgment about the presidential candidates, I can't help but notice that Dobbs seems to be writing as though he were some kind of internet Che Guevara. No matter how much of a blowhard you are, when you're famous for having a TV show on CNN you are NOT a revolutionary and your thoughts do not qualify as an insurrection.

For Dobbs to try and pretend that he isn't a member of the "national" media while writing on CNN.com is like a major leaguer trying to say he isn't a "professional" baseball player while being interviewed in the Yankees clubhouse.

The word you're searching for is "laughable". But that's pretty much par for the course when it comes to Lou Dobbs.