Journalists, by the way, are not just being targeted verbally or politically. They are also being targeted for real in places like Iraq.

These guys are busting their chops. They're really going after it. And when they're not taking ground balls, they're in the outfield playing balls off the bat. [On Monday], Luis Ordaz was soaked to the bone running after balls in the outfield. So, yeah, they're working at it. They know what that means. They know what Joe wants and expects. It's just helping them.

They had holes to fill on every page and jammed in any vaguely newsworthy string of words provided it didn't include expletives, which they were apparently saving for their own use around the office.

We want to develop a good relationship with them as they transform themselves into a politically oriented organization under a Kosovo living in peace, under the terms of the interim accord.

As touchy as cabaret performers and as stubborn as factory machinists....

Sometimes journalists try to create a persona that's not really there.