"...In some weird way, in our weird war in the weird media bunker, the
briefers become a kind of stand-in for the troops themselves. They take
sporadic fire here, meet minor hostilities, encounter pockets of
resistance, but remain unflappable (even the spokesmen in the field,
interviewed in the immediate aftermath of battle, are unflappable).
Possibly everyone is media-trained..."
Full Michael 'burn rate' Wolff Article...
http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/media/columns/medialife/n_8545//index.html
