Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit has become the de facto clearinghouse for information on the continuing changes in Kerry's Swift Boat story. Thank God! We need a central source, and Glenn has earned the distinction. Now, as Instapundit shows, and Powerline follows—up and expands, oleaginous historian Douglas Brinkley is joining in the revisionism. If it weren't so serious, this stuff would be comic. This affair is turning into the showdown at the OK Corral for new media openness versus old media coverup. With more than two months left until the election, and the ability of the web plus talk radio plus Fox News to break the media stonewall of disinterest in the lies of the Democrats' candidate, I don't think the stonewall can hold.

Future historians are going to study this campaign to death. I hope all the old media types begin thinking about their reputations — especially those who made a big issue over President Bush's National Guard service, and demanded release of his records.

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